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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0320/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 10 Byreside, Seafield
Received 28 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0320/FUL/93
Erection of 18 houses
Site At Glenside Gardens, Armadale
Received 20 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0320/FUL/92
Installation of an LPG tank
Wester Gormyre Cottage , Torphichen
Received 1 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0319/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
44 King Street, Bathgate
Received 1 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0263/H/96
Extension to house
11 Nicholson Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8LS
Received 11 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0263/A/95
Erection of a signboard
205-207 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EN
Received 24 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0451/FUL/93
Siting of a port-a-cabin for office accommodation
33 Inchmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0450/P/95
Outline planning permission for two detached houses and one single detached garage
69 Athol Terrace, Bathgate
Received 23 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0450/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent and Advert Consent for the erection of a signboard
163 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 5 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0399/H/96
Erection of a dormer extension
46 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 14 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0387/H/96
Install replacement windows and door
2 Manse Road, Torphichen, EH48 4LY
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0387/FUL/95
Substitution of house types on plots 36 and 39
Manor Court Hen's Nest Road, East Whitburn
Received 30 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0387/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
13 Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7RA
Received 25 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0387/FUL/93
Proposed pitched roof to existing rear extension
8A Station Road, Broxburn
Received 14 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0387/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
22 Sycamore Drive, Whitburn
Received 28 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0386/H/96
Installation of door canopy
57 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0386/FUL/95
Erection of 2 semi-detached bungalows
Plots 42 & 43 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 30 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0563/FUL/94
Proposed landfill
Lochcote Lodge , Linlithgow
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0563/FUL/93
Rehabilitation and extension of disused dairy
Calderbank Dairy Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder
Received 9 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0563/FUL/92
Installation of a roundabout
A71/Linhouse Industrial Estate , East Calder
Received 3 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0562/H/96
Erection of a garage
1D Hardhill Road, Bathgate
Received 26 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0562/A/95
Erection of an illuminated sign
Site At Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2HP
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0562/FUL/94
Extension to house
12 Falside Crescent, Bathgate
Received 29 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0562/FUL/93
Change of use and conversion of cart shed and granary to house
Muirend Farm , Broxburn
Received 9 Aug 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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