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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0677/H/96
Erection of a double garage
5 Burnside View, Addiewell
Received 30 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0677/FUL/95
Conversion of steadings to form 4 houses
Pardovan Holdings Steading , Philpstoun
Received 13 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0677/FUL/94
Proposed erection of a retail unit
Shoprite Supermarket Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 15 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0677/FUL/93
Enlarging, upgrading and linking community wing to school hall
Blackridge Community Centre Main Street, Blackridge
Received 29 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0405/FUL/94
Alteration and extension to house
Camilty Lodge South Harburn, West Calder, EH55 8RH
Received 1 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0405/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
43 Upper Bathville, Armadale
Received 18 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0404/NID/95
Extension to Sports Centre and Car Park provision including an all weather floodlit training pitch
Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 7 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0404/FUL/96
Change of use from general industrial (Class 5) to storage and distribution (Class 11)
4 Grange Road, Livingston
Received 16 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0404/LBC/94
Part change of use of shop to salad/sandwich bar
163 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 31 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0404/FUL/93
Erection of a porch
04 Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate
Received 18 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0265/FUL/93
Part change of use and alterations to form a restaurant
Unit D Regent Centre Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 5 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0265/FUL/92
Erection of a wall
55 Dargai Place, Uphall
Received 15 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/97
Variation of condition No.2 of Planning Authorisation 0216/P/92 to allow occupation of houses prior to implementation of sewage treatment works Easton/Balmuir & Race Roads Bathgate
Easton Road, Bathgate, EH48 2SF
Received 17 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/95
Painting of shopfront
205-207 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 24 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/94
Erection of golf range buildings, forming new vehicular access and car parking
Site At Kingsfield, Linlithgow
Received 12 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/93
Erection of a greenkeepers shed
Bathgate Golf Club Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1BA
Received 5 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/92
Installation of LPG tank
'Harlea' 8A , West Calder
Received 15 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0530/A/96
Erection of facia signs
3 Manse Road, Whitburn, C/O Yang Sing
Received 21 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0530/FUL/95
Erection of a house
3A Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 25 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0530/FUL/94
Extension to house
42 Irvine Crescent, Bathgate
Received 18 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0530/FUL/93
Change of use from office to house
75 Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 30 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0530/FUL/92
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
19 Bonnytoun Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7JR
Received 23 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0388/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension
119 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0378/FUL/93
Substitution of house types on approved plots No 72-112
Site At Hope Park Gardens, Bathgate
Received 9 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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