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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0326/FUL/95
Planning Permission for rehabilitation of farm building to form a house
3 Cauldhame, Linlithgow
Received 18 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/94
Change of use to beer garden
Site At Oakbank Road, East Calder
Received 3 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/93
Creation of off street parking space
2 St. Johns Place, Torphichen
Received 21 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/92
Formation of access and driveway
26 Main Street, Dechmont, EH52 6LD
Received 5 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0733/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for division of house into 2 separate dwellings
Gowanbank House Gowanbank, Avonbridge
Received 14 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0733/H/96
Erection of a garage
7 Dunn Place, Winchburgh
Received 20 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0733/A/94
Erection of signs
Centrex Hardie Road, Livingston
Received 4 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0733/FUL/95
Change of use of private garden ground to form amenity landscaped area
Boghall, Linlithgow, EH49 6AB
Received 10 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0678/NID/94
Construction of synthetic sports pitch and erection of floodlights .
Playing Fields Craigton Place, Winchburgh
Received 19 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0678/H/96
Extension to house
15 Garden City, Stoneyburn
Received 30 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0678/A/92
Erection of signs
The Local Beveridge Square, Livingston
Received 21 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0298/FUL/92
Erection of a single garage
29 Beechwood Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SD
Received 24 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0297/P/97
Outline permission for the construction of an Industrial building
Camps Industrial Estate, Kirknewton, EH27 8DF
Received 25 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0297/P/93
Outline planning permission for two houses
31 East Main Street Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5HZ
Received 12 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0297/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 10 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0297/FUL/96
Substitution of 19 house types
- Foxknowe Place, Eliburn, Livingston
Received 16 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/94
Extension to flat
14 Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 29 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0266/FUL/92
Erection of a fence
Forrester Cottage Calder House Estate, Mid Calder
Received 15 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0265/P/96
Formation of a golf course with club house and two houses for club employees
- Bridgecastle Road, Armadale
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0265/FUL/97
Variation of condition of permission regarding external finish materials to house.
Old Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0265/FUL/95
Siting of temporary office accommodation, extension to shed and erection of 1.2m fence
Station Cottage, Westfield
Received 24 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0265/FUL/94
Erection of a house
7 Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 12 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0441/FUL/93
Install shop front and extend building
63-75 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 1 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0440/P/93
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Site At Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 30 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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