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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0433/FUL/94
Amendment to existing planning permission
Phase 3 Raeburn Park, Polbeth
Received 15 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0433/FUL/93
Change of use of factory to motor vehicle auction market
Unit 7 Greendykes Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 28 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0433/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
7 Easton Road, Bathgate
Received 15 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0398/FUL/95
Erection of temporary storage building
Port Buchan & Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 6 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0398/FUL/94
Proposed 70 bed residential nursing home
Site At Redmill, East Whitburn
Received 30 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0398/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
41 Burnside Road, Uphall, EH52 5DE
Received 16 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0398/FUL/92
Extension to house
62 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 2 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0397/P/95
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
21 East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 6 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0397/P/92
Outline planning permission for erection of a garage/workshop
16 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 1 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0397/FUL/96
Construction of a telecommunications switch centre and transmission tower
East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 13 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0397/FUL/94
Erection of 108 houses with roads, sewers and garages
Areas 4 And 5 Pyothall (Site At), Broxburn
Received 30 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0397/FUL/93
Change of use from office to snack bar
Clifton Garage Edinburgh Road, East Calder, EH53 0HS
Received 16 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0334/FUL/95
Proposed erection of stone wall and fencing
107 Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 18 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0334/FUL/94
Alteration of internal garage to bedroom
Plot 29 St. Magdalenes, Linlithgow
Received 4 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0361/FUL/92
Extension to house
6 Carmelaws, Linlithgow, EH49 6BU
Received 18 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0360/H/96
Extension to house
52 Westwood Park, Livingston
Received 2 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0360/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with two advertising panels
South Street, Armadale
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0360/FUL/94
Extension to garage and outhouse
Logie House , Westfield
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0432/P/96
Extension to outline planning permission for residential development
- East Main Street, Armadale
Received 27 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0432/FUL/95
House extension
42 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9ED
Received 19 Jun 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0432/FUL/94
Proposed garage
11 Netherton Grove, Whitburn, EH47 8JQ
Received 15 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0432/FUL/93
Erection of a garage and extension
23 Lovells Glen, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7TD
Received 28 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0432/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 2 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 15 Jun 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0431/FUL/96
Erection of a house and stable block
Plot 11 Woodbank Farm, Armadale
Received 24 May 1996
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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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