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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0499/FUL/93
Extension to house
19 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 16 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0499/FUL/92
Proposed extension
125 Langton View, East Calder
Received 9 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0498/P/93
Outline planning permission for erection of house and garage and conversion of existing agricultural buildings to form livery stables
4 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun
Received 15 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0498/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
39 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder, EH53 Osb
Received 13 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0676/FUL/94
Change of use of hotel into residential development
Rob Roy Hotel East Main Street, Armadale
Received 15 Sept 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0427/FUL/94
Extension to house
109 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 10 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0427/FUL/93
Erection of a transport depot
East End Garage East Main Street, Armadale
Received 24 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0345/FUL/94
Extension to house
43 Oatlands Park, Linlithgow
Received 6 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0345/FUL/93
Proposed extension
42 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 28 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0345/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
131 Bishops Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0SU
Received 11 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0676/FUL/93
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
11 Hopefield Place, Blackburn
Received 29 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0676/FUL/92
Erection of front porch and formation of car parking space
90 Falside Crescent, Bathgate
Received 21 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0675/P/96
Outline planning permission for a quest house
Site At Boghead Roundabout, Bathgate
Received 26 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0625/FUL/95
Creation of a vehicular access
1 Holygate Place, Broxburn, EH52 5RW
Received 22 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0625/FUL/94
Erection of 12 houses
Plot 25-36 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 22 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0625/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 11 Westermains, Armadale
Received 31 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0624/H/96
Lower and cap existing chimneys, repair and repaint existing entrance pillars and external paintwork
37 Pumpherston Road, Mid Calder, EH53 0AY
Received 12 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0624/FUL/95
Extension to house
34 Meadowpark Road, Bathgate
Received 22 Aug 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0351/P/93
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Stonerigg Water Works Upper Bathville, Armadale
Received 1 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0351/A/96
Erection of 2 signboards
The Spinney Boarding Kennels , Bathgate
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0351/FUL/95
Erection of an electronics factory
Contentibus South , Livingston
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0481/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for erection of a conservatory
Champfleurie Cottages Kingscavil, Linlithgow, 6
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0481/FUL/95
Erection of a conservatory
29 Cleghorn Drive, Broxburn, EH52 6ES
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0674/FUL/92
Extension to house
23 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow
Received 18 Sept 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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