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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0403/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 25 Westermains, Armadale
Received 7 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0403/FUL/94
Erection of double garage
28 Main Street, Dechmont, EH52 6LD
Received 31 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/93
Erection of 14 amenity flats and terrace houses
Site At The Loan, Torphichen
Received 1 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0352/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Site At Midward, Newton
Received 12 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0490/A/92
Erection of signs
East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 7 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0490/FUL/94
Formation of dormers
30 High Academy Street, Armadale
Received 5 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0489/P/95
Outline planning permission for erection of a house and garage
Westfield Road, Torphichen
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0489/LBC/94
Erection of projecting sign
222A High Street, Linlithgow
Received 1 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0489/FUL/96
Erection of a 1.2 metre satellite dish
Shell Service Station , Polbeth, EH55 8SD
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0489/FUL/93
Change of use to a joinery workshop
West Houston Cottage , Dechmont, EH52 6JX
Received 14 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0489/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
7 Boghall Drive, Bathgate
Received 6 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0488/P/96
Change of use to form 3 industrial units and outline planning permission for extension to Unit 3
16-18 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0488/FUL/95
Extension to house
44 Strathbrock Place, Uphall, EH52 6BN
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0488/FUL/94
Replacement windows and doors
13 Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 1 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0488/FUL/93
Erection of 6 houses
Site (Yearsweep Limited) Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 14 Jul 1993 - Awaiting decisionLIVE/0405/P/92
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house and establishment of associated road haulage business
Loganlea Cottage , Loganlea
Received 2 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0405/H/96
Extension to house
50 Oakbank Place, Winchburgh
Received 15 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0405/FUL/95
Dormer extension
83 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 7 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0447/FUL/94
Erection of 1m high wooden ranch style fence
60 Whitelaw Drive, Bathgate, EH48 1RQ
Received 21 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0396/A/93
Formation of new doorway and erection of covered loading area
2A Mill Road, Bathgate, EH48 4JJ
Received 16 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0396/FUL/92
Change of use from public open space to private garden
71 Loch Maree Way, Whitburn, EH47 0RP
Received 1 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0395/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent to convert part of former farm steading to form community centre
Newyearfield Farm Ladywell, Livingston, Unit 1
Received 27 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0395/H/96
House extension and erection of a conservatory
60 Loanfoot Road, Uphall
Received 13 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0395/A/95
Proposed fascia signs
Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 6 Jun 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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