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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0568/FUL/92
Alteration and extension to house
109 Goschen Place, Broxburn
Received 5 Aug 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/94
Stockpiling of sandstone off cuts
Westwood Works, Westwood, West Calder, EH55 8PN
Received 6 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/93
Extension to house and erection of a garage
1 Glenview Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 28 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0346/FUL/92
Proposed porch extension
17 Calder Road, Bellsquarry, EH54 9AA
Received 12 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0345/P/96
Outline planning permission for extension to industrial unit and additional parking
Manson Square, Livingston
Received 30 Apr 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0504/FUL/93
Erection of 2 poultry rearing sheds
Hartwood Poultry Farm , West Calder, EH55 8LE
Received 19 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/94
Erection of offices
79 South Bridge Street, Bathgate, EH48 1TJ
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0324/FUL/95
Factory outlet centre (Class 1) including ancilliary restaurant (Class 3)
Land At Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 16 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0498/FUL/95
Extension to house
8 Sommers Park, Mid Calder
Received 11 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0498/FUL/94
Temporary siting of 2 caravans
Lochcote Lodge , Linlithgow
Received 6 Jul 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0498/FUL/92
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
103 Whitelaw Drive, Bathgate
Received 9 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0497/H/96
Conversion and extension of existing double garage
26 Murieston Walk, Livingston
Received 13 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0334/FUL/93
Outline planning permission for enlargement of area previously granted permission to provide for a development of lower density overall
Site At Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 25 May 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0561/P/93
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Old Clapperton Hall , Broxburn
Received 9 Aug 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0561/A/92
Erection of a sign
17 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 31 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0726/FUL/93
Proposed pitched roof over existing flat roof garage
The Lodge Ormiston Farm, Kirknewton
Received 19 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0726/FUL/92
Extension to bonded and bottling premises
Dunnet Way East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5BU
Received 12 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0725/P/95
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
North Mains Farm Road, Dechmont
Received 5 Oct 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0725/H/96
Installation of double glazed windows
55 The Vennel, Linlithgow
Received 14 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0725/FUL/94
Installation of a storage container and erection of a fence
Glebeside Timbers Glebeside, Ecclesmachan
Received 4 Oct 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0725/FUL/93
Installation of replacement windows
177B Main Street, East Calder
Received 15 Oct 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0725/FUL/92
Extension to house
35 Bickerton Terrace, Whitburn
Received 12 Oct 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0724/LBC/96
Erection of a conservatory
13 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6HQ
Received 14 Aug 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0449/H/96
Erection of a conservatory
10 Raw Holdings, East Calder, EH53 0JQ
Received 31 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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