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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0529/P/92
Outline planning permission for the erection of a supermarket
Site At RMC Builders And Regent Motors Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 22 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0529/FUL/96
Change of use to form Bathroom manufacturing/showroom facility
1 Howden West, Livingston, EH54 6AA
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0529/FUL/95
Extension to house
23 Westhall Road, Broxburn
Received 25 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0529/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
Lyneside Cottage Cobbinshaw Reservoir, West Calder
Received 18 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0529/FUL/93
Move and expand existing fence to enclose garden
41 Young Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2SN
Received 29 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0528/FUL/95
Erection of a garage and alterations to house
1 Buchan Road, Bathgate
Received 25 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0528/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
75 Greig Crescent, Armadale, EH48 2PS
Received 18 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0528/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
53 Queens Gardens, East Calder
Received 29 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0516/FUL/92
Erection of 2 houses
Ryal Cottage , Broxburn
Received 16 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0515/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent for restoration work
Gowanbank House , Avonbridge, FK1 2JY
Received 16 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0515/H/96
Extension to house
134 Langton View, East Calder
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0515/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot No. 12 Priorsgrange, Torphichen
Received 20 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0325/LBC/95
Listed Building Consent for rehabilitation of farm building to form a house
3 Cauldhame, Linlithgow
Received 18 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0325/H/96
Erection of stables
Drum Farm , Bathgate, EH48 2HU
Received 23 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0565/FUL/92
Erection of a factory
East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 3 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0564/A/96
Erection of various illuminated facia signs
Almondvale Phase 2, Livingston
Received 26 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0729/FUL/96
Erection of a garage/workshop
Gowanbank House , Avonbridge, FK1 2JY
Received 15 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0729/FUL/95
The installation of a shopfront
Unit 31 George Street, Bathgate
Received 9 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0729/FUL/94
Extension to house
40 Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 4 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0728/A/93
Erection of sign
01 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 19 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0728/FUL/96
Storeroom extension to hotel
The Hillcroft Hotel East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 15 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0728/FUL/95
Part change of use from Class 1 (shop) to Class 4 (business)
81A East Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5EE
Received 6 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0728/FUL/94
Erection of porch
23 Willowdean, Bridgend
Received 3 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0728/FUL/92
Extension to house
Pardovan Cottage , Philpstoun
Received 13 Oct 1992
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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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