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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.
Scotland · Local authority
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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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/0303/FUL/94
Erection of garage
189 Langside Gardens, Polbeth
Received 26 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0303/FUL/93
Erection of a double garage
2 Preston Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HP
Received 17 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0260/FUL/94
Extension to existing dormer
28 St. Andrews Drive, Uphall, EH52 6BX
Received 12 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0260/FUL/93
Erection of a house
The Croft Ballencrieff Toll, Bathgate
Received 30 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0259/P/94
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Site At North Mains Farm Road, Dechmont
Received 11 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0472/FUL/92
Erection of a house
3 Hailstones Row, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0471/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Gavieside Polbeth Road, West Calder
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0471/FUL/96
Extension to industrial unit
1 Gregory Road, Livingston
Received 6 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0471/FUL/95
Factory extension
Etna Brickworks Bathville Road, Armadale, EH48 2ND
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0471/FUL/94
Extension to house
104 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0503/H/96
Extension to house
29 Kingsfield, Linlithgow
Received 13 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0503/A/94
Erection of individual letters sign
1 Neilson Square, Livingston, EH54 8RQ
Received 7 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0503/FUL/95
Temporary portacabin to be used as offices
Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EG
Received 13 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0503/FUL/93
Change of use of parking area to garden ground
45 Thomson Grove, Uphall, EH52 6BS
Received 19 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0503/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
30 Gleneagles Court, Whitburn, EH47 8PG
Received 10 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0502/H/96
Extension to house
15 Carmelaws, Linlithgow
Received 13 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0502/FUL/95
Extension to existing garage
43 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 13 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0443/FUL/95
House extension
78 Langton View, East Calder, EH53 Ora
Received 21 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0443/FUL/94
Proposed farm building
Burnhouse Farm , Dechmont
Received 17 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0443/FUL/93
Extension to house
4 Preston Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7AU
Received 1 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0443/FUL/92
Extension to house
69 , Linlithgow
Received 23 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0670/FUL/95
Erection of a 43 bedroomed Nursing Home
Kirkhill Nursery Greendykes Link Road, Broxburn
Received 12 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0670/FUL/94
Proposed extension
99 Kettlestoun Mains, Linlithgow, EH49 6SJ
Received 14 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0670/FUL/92
Installation of replacement windows
364 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 16 Sept 1992
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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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