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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0384/NPD/94
Notice of proposed development for provision of temporary building
Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 23 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 5 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 22 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0374/NID/94
Temporary site compound
Car Park Rosemount Court, Bathgate
Received 20 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0374/H/96
Extension to house
26 The Glebe, West Calder
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0343/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 15 Priorscroft, Torphichen
Received 6 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0343/FUL/93
Erection of 8 microwave dishes on to existing mast
Cairnpapple Hill , Bathgate
Received 27 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0343/FUL/92
Proposed part change of use from house to childrens nursery
5A Craiglaw, Dechmont, EH52 6LU
Received 11 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0342/A/95
Erection of individual letter sign and box fascia sign
Motac Car Accessories Shop Reserve 1A, Ladywell East, Livingston
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0342/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Royston Mains, Bathgate
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0497/FUL/94
Proposed dormer extension
18 Melbourne Road, Broxburn
Received 6 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0497/FUL/93
Erection of paint spray booth
- Edinburgh Road, Glendevon, Winchburgh
Received 15 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0497/FUL/92
Change of use to licensed betting office
10 Goschen Place, Broxburn
Received 9 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0496/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house and garage
Site At Rear Of 26 & 28 Kirk Road, Bathgate, EH48 1BW
Received 15 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0496/FUL/96
Alterations and change of use from solicitors office to hot food takeaway
8/10 Main Street, Fauldhouse
Received 13 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0496/FUL/95
Proposed formation of a Bowling Green
Combfoot Cottages, Mid Calder
Received 11 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0425/FUL/94
Erection of a porch
1 Oak Cottages, Kirknewton
Received 10 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0347/FUL/92
Proposed siting of mobile snack bar
Site At East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 12 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/96
Erection of 3 office blocks with associated car parking
- Fairways Business Park, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/95
Change of use and extension to plant hire yard and formation of car park
Cappers Farm, Armadale
Received 22 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0493/FUL/93
Erection of a house
41 Queens Road, Broxburn
Received 15 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0493/FUL/92
Phase 1 of access road and relating grouting work and landscaping
Tailend Farm , Bathgate
Received 7 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0492/H/96
Extension to house
4 Chapelton Grove, Polbeth
Received 12 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0492/A/93
Erection of a hoarding
Site At Main Street, Broxburn
Received 15 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0492/FUL/95
Erection of a house
47 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 6 Jul 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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