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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0439/FUL/92
Extension to form enclosure to storage silos and erection of industrial building
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield, EH48 3BP
Received 17 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0438/P/92
Outline planning permission for 3 houses
Lochmill Bo'Ness Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0438/A/96
Erection of 4 wall mounted signs, 1 free standing and 1 illuminated facia sign
Unit 1 Almondvale West, Livingston
Received 28 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0438/A/94
Erection of signboard
Corner Of Alderstone Road, Livingston
Received 16 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0438/FUL/95
Erection of 2 houses and outbuilding
Plot 7 Stoneheap Farm, Stoneyburn
Received 21 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0428/FUL/94
Installation of satellite antenna
Presto Argyle Court, Broxburn, EH52 5EQ
Received 15 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0428/FUL/93
Formation of access road, serviced house plots and private parking for Bowling Club
Site On Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 24 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0428/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 9 Woodlands, Armadale
Received 12 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0427/FUL/96
Saturday car boot sale
Deans High School Eastwood Park, Livingston
Received 23 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0427/FUL/95
Proposed erection of a house
Rear Of 42 Race Road, Bathgate
Received 19 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0344/P/96
Outline planning permission for extension to light industrial units
Dunlop Square, Livingston
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0344/P/92
Outline planning permission for 1 house
4 Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate, EH54 4DU
Received 11 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0344/FUL/95
Construction of ramp and erection of sun lounge
Clarendon House Manse Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6AR
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0344/FUL/94
Erection of a production unit and warehouse
Site At (C & W Assets Ltd) East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 6 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0344/FUL/93
Extension to shop
2 Glass Crescent, Winchburgh
Received 27 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0487/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
59 Academy Street, Bathgate
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0487/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
25 Rattray Gardens, Blackburn
Received 1 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0487/FUL/92
Erection of 8 single person/amenity flats
5-9 Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 6 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0486/P/92
Erection of a house
62 Marjoribanks Street, Bathgate
Received 6 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0515/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
2 Millgate, Winchburgh, EH52 6TU
Received 12 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0515/FUL/93
Erection of a nursery
East Calder Primary School Langton Road, East Calder
Received 23 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0514/H/96
Erection of a garage
5 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 17 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/95
Erection of warehouse and offices for use as clinical waste transfer station
Site At East Main Street, Blackridge, EH48 3AU
Received 20 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0514/FUL/94
Dormer extension to house
13 Craigrigg Cottages, Westfield
Received 12 Jul 1994
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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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