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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0724/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
34 Avonmill View, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 15 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0724/FUL/92
Extension to house
19 Glenside Gardens, Armadale
Received 12 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0723/H/96
Extension to house
Whitehill Farm , East Calder
Received 12 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0394/FUL/94
Alterations to house and erection of a garage
12 Westermains, Armadale
Received 27 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0394/FUL/93
Erection of a portacabin
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield, EH48 3BP
Received 16 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0394/FUL/92
Erection of a house
18 Westermains, Armadale
Received 29 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0328/FUL/93
Extension to house and erection of a garage
018 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 24 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0328/FUL/92
Erection of Ready Mix Concrete Plant at
Pottishaw Place Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 5 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0327/P/96
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
North Cobbinshaw, West Calder, Ess 8LQ
Received 23 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0327/P/95
Outline Planning Permission for residential development
- Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 18 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0327/FUL/94
Amendment to planning permission to vary condition to allow outside catering
50 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 3 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0327/FUL/93
Extension to house
2 Peniel Place, Broxburn, EH52 5PZ
Received 24 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0327/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
29 Mansewood Crescent, Whitburn
Received 5 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0517/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Bridgend House, East Whitburn
Received 17 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0516/LBC/95
Listed building consent for internal alterations to form a hotel
Newpark House Newpark Road, Livingston
Received 20 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0516/FUL/96
Change of use to Class 4 business
Laboratory Craigshill West, Livingston
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0516/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
70 Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EW
Received 12 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0516/FUL/93
Erection of retail supermarket
81-95 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 23 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0439/FUL/95
Replacement double glazed windows
Upper Flat Upper Westerparks, Linlithgow
Received 21 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0439/FUL/94
Change of use of existing store to house
Drumcrosshall Farm (Store) , Bathgate, EH48 4JJ
Received 16 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0439/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 8 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 30 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0404/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 16 Croftfoot Farm, Fauldhouse
Received 2 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0403/P/96
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Plot 6 Burngrange Court, West Calder
Received 15 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0403/M/93
Deposit and levelling of infill material
Whitrigg Mine Redmill, East Whitburn
Received 17 Jun 1993
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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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