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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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West Lothian planning applications
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates31,683Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,889 approved or refused records
2,544Refused applications
26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 8 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments
Council contacts
- Planning enquiriescustomer.service@westlothian.gov.ukCouncil source
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas10 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- DecidedLIVE/0287/A/96
Installation of various fascia, projecting and free standing signs
Carmondean Centre South, Livingston, EH54 8PI
Received 12 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0287/A/95
Erection of signboard
Site At A89/A801 Junction, Armadale
Received 4 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0287/FUL/97
Conversion of outbuilding to form a house and erection of a garage
Unit 5 Brunton Farm, Torphichen
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0364/FUL/93
Installation of roller shutters
57 East Mains Street, Broxburn
Received 7 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0363/P/93
Outline planning permission for farm restructuring and low density rural housing (Lowland Crofting)
- Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 4 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0363/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with 2 advertising panels
Site Opposite Ochiltree Crescent Calderhouse Road, Mid Calder
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0363/H/96
Installation of a bay window
105 Bankton Park East, Livingston, EH54 9BN
Received 3 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0363/FUL/94
Installation of LPG tank
3 Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0357/FUL/92
Erection of a house
6A Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0356/P/96
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
The Old Smithy Hillhead, Avonbridge
Received 2 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0356/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to restore building to its former condition
11-19 Main Street, West Calder
Received 14 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0356/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Site Near Church Street East Main Street, Armadale
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0356/FUL/94
Proposed front and rear dormer extension
33 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 12 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0356/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension
2 Atlas Cottages, Armadale
Received 2 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0355/P/95
Outline planning permission for a house
North Mains Farm Road, Dechmont
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0414/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
42 Race Road, Bathgate
Received 22 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0414/P/92
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
121 South Street, Armadale, EH48 3JT
Received 8 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0414/FUL/96
Erection of a trolley canopy
Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1DA
Received 20 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0414/FUL/95
Variation of condition to allow for an increased number of lorries entering the site and formation of a revised junction for the landfill operations
- Torphin Quarry, By Harburn, West Calder
Received 8 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0414/FUL/94
Erection of 2 poultry rearing sheds on existing unit
Hartwood Poultry Farm , West Calder, EH55 8LE
Received 3 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0413/FUL/96
Change of use to woodland management contractors yard
Woodmuir House , Breich
Received 20 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0413/FUL/95
Extension and alteration to garage
Falside Service Station Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 8 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0303/H/96
Enlarge existing conservatory
15 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 17 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0303/FUL/95
Erection of 49 houses and garages and upgrading of road
Area 4 Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 12 May 1995
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for West Lothian, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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