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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0463/H/96
Extension to house
70 Bishops Park, Mid Calder
Received 6 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0463/FUL/95
Erection of a house and double garage and the siting of a temporary caravan
Plot 7 West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 28 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0463/FUL/94
Erection of a house
11 Priorscroft, Torphichen
Received 24 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0463/FUL/93
Part change of use together with dormer extension and alterations to shop and house
56 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/93
Installation of replacement windows
5 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AG
Received 21 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0322/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Vu'Peak East Main Street, Armadale
Received 1 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0321/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Cappers Farm , Armadale, EH48 3BH
Received 20 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0727/P/95
Outline planning permission for development of factory outlet centre (including tourism and business information facility) access, parking and landscaping
Leyland Site (Phase 1) , Bathgate
Received 6 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0727/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for a conservatory to rear of house
St Michaels R C Church Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0727/FUL/96
Change of use to Class 7 special industrial Group B and part use for transfer of waste
3 Muir Road, Livingston
Received 15 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0452/FUL/95
Partial demolition of kitchen/bathroom and erection of house extension
4 Academy Street, Armadale
Received 23 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0452/FUL/94
Change of use from domestic wash house to dog kennels
Mid Seat Cottage , East Whitburn, EH47 8AA
Received 21 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0452/FUL/93
Change of use of upper floor rooms from office to residential bedrooms
Wallhouse Mansion Wallhouse Estate, Torphichen
Received 5 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0452/FUL/92
Extension to house
19 Greenside, Torphichen, EH48 4NB
Received 24 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0451/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
1A Sibbalds Brae, Bathgate, EH48 2DU
Received 24 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0451/H/96
Conversion of garage and extension to house
32 Caroline Park, Mid Calder
Received 4 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0451/FUL/95
Proposed enclosure of veranda
9 Market Place, Whitburn, EH47 OEU
Received 23 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0451/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
3 Barbauchlaw Avenue, Armadale
Received 21 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0427/FUL/92
Erection of 16 houses
Northfield Meadows , Longridge
Received 12 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0376/FUL/94
Change of use to clay pigeon shooting centre
Colzium Farm -, Kirknewton, EH27 8DH
Received 20 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0375/LBC/96
Installation of 3 dormer windows
9 Main Street, Livingston, EH54 7AF
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 4 Beechwood Grove, Blackburn
Received 30 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/94
Erection of a single garage
Mid Calder Inn Main Street, Mid Calder
Received 19 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Ballencrieff Mill Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 8 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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