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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0564/FUL/95
Erection of 7 houses
Ballencrieff Mill Balmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0564/FUL/94
Proposed shared double garage
35 And 37 Stewart Drive, Whitburn
Received 1 Aug 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0564/FUL/93
Proposed renovation of cottage and erection of a conservatory and garage
South Logie Cottage , Bridgecastle
Received 9 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0564/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 3 (Woodlands) Hardhill Road, Armadale
Received 3 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0563/H/96
Erection of a dog run
32 Ash Grove, Bathgate
Received 27 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0563/FUL/95
Erection of 8-12ft security fence
Cawburn Carton Works Drumshoreland, Broxburn
Received 31 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0486/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for alterations and change of use to restaurant
11 Bank Street, Mid Calder, EH53 Oas
Received 13 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0486/H/96
Erection of a fence and formation of a driveway
7 Loch Earn Way, Whitburn
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0486/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 10 Braehead Park, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0486/FUL/94
Installation of a roller shutter
10-12 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 1 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0485/H/96
Erection of a garage
9 Station Road, Blackridge
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0485/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
24 Drysdale Avenue, Whitburn
Received 6 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0485/FUL/93
Erection of 2 houses
Parkley Craigs , Linlithgow, EH49 6PG
Received 13 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0485/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Blackfaulds Farm (Plot 1) Beveridge Square, Livingston
Received 6 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0484/P/95
Outline planning permission for the erection of a farmhouse
Slatehaugh, West Calder
Received 6 Jul 1995 - UnknownLIVE/0677/NPD/92
Erection of an ATC hall
Site At Barkhill Road, Linlithgow
Received 21 Sept 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0676/FUL/96
Change of use from public open space to garden ground
106 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jul 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0676/FUL/95
Demolition of house and erection of 2 houses
7 Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 13 Sept 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0321/A/96
Erection of 2 illuminated fascia signs and a gantry sign
11 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1BA
Received 23 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0321/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Site Near No 78 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0321/FUL/94
Alterations and change of use to garage/workshop to form a house
16 Bathgate Road, Blackburn, EH47 7LW
Received 29 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0321/FUL/92
Extension to industrial building
Unit 1 Foulshiels Road, Stoneyburn
Received 1 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0320/A/96
Installation of fascia and projecting signs
1 Ochilview Square, Armadale
Received 23 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0320/A/95
Erection of a bus shelter with two advertising panels
Layby On Pentland Avenue, Bathgate
Received 12 May 1995
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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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