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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0669/A/95
Erection of a projecting sign
Deans Road, Livingston
Received 12 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0669/FUL/96
Substitution of house types at Plots 32-41
Hope Park Gardens, Bathgate
Received 25 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0669/FUL/94
Proposed extension
44 Muir Road, Bathgate
Received 14 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0669/FUL/93
Alterations and change of use to form restaurant
74 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 23 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0669/FUL/92
Erection of a garage and store
47 Falside Terrace, Bathgate
Received 16 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0618/A/92
Proposed pole sign
127 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 28 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/96
Formation of a new access
4 Holmes Farm Lane, Broxburn, EH52 5LA
Received 10 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/94
Erection of sunlounge and fence
19 Priors Grange, Torphichen
Received 18 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0618/FUL/93
Renovation of farmhouse and change of use of outbuildings to dwelling units
Kirkton Farm , Bathgate
Received 1 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0328/FUL/94
Extension of time period for implementation of planning permission for extension to a house
The Den , Winchburgh, EH52 6PY
Received 6 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0736/FUL/95
Erection of 27 2 storey houses with associated ancilliary works
Site At Meadowbank View, Kirknewton
Received 11 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0736/FUL/93
Proposed conservatory
70 Forest Walk, Uphall
Received 22 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0736/FUL/92
External cladding of house and erection of a canopy over front door
34 Turnhigh Road, Whitburn, EH47 8HX
Received 15 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0735/P/93
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
27 Bruce Road, Bathgate, EH48 1EF
Received 21 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0735/A/92
Erection of signboards
14 Market Street, Mid Calder
Received 15 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0735/FUL/96
Formation of eleven flats
11-19 Main Street, West Calder
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0735/FUL/95
Relocate garage to Plot 33
Site At Boghall, Linlithgow
Received 10 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0735/FUL/94
Extension to house
16 Tennent Park, Mid Calder
Received 4 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0734/LBC/96
Listed building consent for internal alterations
23 St. Magdalene's, Linlithgow
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0734/A/92
Proposed sign
54 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QX
Received 15 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0734/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
9 Burnside Avenue, Armadale, EH48 3RE
Received 10 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0299/FUL/96
The erection of a house
1 Moss Cottage Ferguson Way, Livingston, EH54 8AA
Received 16 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0299/FUL/94
Alteration and extension to house
1 Millburn Square, Whitburn
Received 22 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0279/FUL/97
Installation of two roller shutter doors
Burnvale Almondvale, Livingston
Received 23 Apr 1997
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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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