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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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/0395/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 10 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 16 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0395/FUL/92
Alterations to increase the height of the roof and erect an extension
28 Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn
Received 1 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0394/FUL/96
Erection of 1.8 metre high fence
Loch Linnhe Court, Whitburn
Received 13 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0370/FUL/92
Installation of replacement windows
4 Preston Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7AU
Received 21 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0369/NID/93
Outline planning permission for 2 house plots
Site At Wallace Road, Bathgate
Received 7 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0369/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 3 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0369/FUL/95
Erection of 3 houses
Plots 3,4,5 Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 24 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0360/FUL/92
Extension to rear of shop
31 King Street, Bathgate
Received 18 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0359/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with two advertising panels
East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0359/FUL/96
Change of use to operate a car repair business
Beechwood Nurseries , Uphall
Received 2 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0359/FUL/94
Extension to house
5 Hunter Grove, Bathgate
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0359/FUL/93
Erection of house and garage
Plot 7 Seafield Farm Development, Seafield
Received 2 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0517/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for a conservatory extension
Leithhead Farm No 2, Kirknewton, EH27 8DJ
Received 23 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0517/FUL/95
Erection of 20 houses
Race Road, Bathgate
Received 21 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0517/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
3 Ashbank Terrace, East Calder, EH53 Odu
Received 12 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0567/FUL/94
Conversion of Public House to housing
The Balbardie Bloomfield Place, Bathgate
Received 2 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0567/FUL/93
Proposed garage
01 Graham Court, Blackburn
Received 10 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0566/A/96
Installation of illuminated facia sign
Unit 2 Almondvale Phase 2, Livingston
Received 27 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0566/FUL/95
Proposed industrial and office development
Site At Dunnet Way, Broxburn
Received 1 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0566/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
Plot 73 Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 2 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0566/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 24 & 25 Raeburn Park, Polbeth
Received 9 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0566/FUL/92
Erection of an office
Camps Industrial Estate, Kirknewton, EH27 8DF
Received 3 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0565/FUL/96
Installation of a shopfront and roller shutters
Unit 2 Almondvale Phase 2, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0565/FUL/95
Extension to house
73 Main Street, Dechmont, EH52 6LJ
Received 31 Jul 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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