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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0413/FUL/94
Proposed entrance porch
23 Stewartfield Crescent, Broxburn
Received 3 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0362/FUL/94
Extension to house
22 Priory Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6BS
Received 16 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0362/FUL/93
Change of use to commercial fishery
Kildimmery Quarry Parkley Place Farm, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0362/FUL/92
Proposed MOT testing station
Kaim Park Garage Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 18 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0361/H/96
Erection of a garage
North Cottage Raw Cottages, East Calder
Received 2 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0361/A/95
Erection of bus shelter with 2 advertising panels
Site Opposite Stewart Street Main Street, West Calder
Received 23 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0361/FUL/94
Change of windows to patio doors
1 Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 18 May 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0361/FUL/93
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 19 Site At Braehead, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
9 Farquhar Square, Blackridge, EH48 3RW
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0480/FUL/92
Proposed housing development consisting of 42 units and 35 plots
Site At East Main Street, Blackburn
Received 1 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0479/FUL/96
Substitution of house type
Plot 11 Dunvegan Gardens, Livingston
Received 11 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0479/FUL/95
Extension to house
16 Chapelton Avenue, Polbeth, EH55 8SN
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0479/FUL/94
Extension to house
2 Birniehill Terrace, Bathgate, EH48 2RT
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0479/FUL/93
Extension to house
45 Honeyman Court, Armadale
Received 9 Jul 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0479/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
7 Polkemmet Road, Harthill, ML7 5RF
Received 1 Jul 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0478/FUL/96
Erection of a factory, fence and formation of a new access
16 Grange Road, Livingston
Received 11 Jun 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0478/FUL/95
Erection of a garage and utility room
20 Hillside Drive, Blackridge, EH48 35L
Received 4 Jul 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0478/FUL/94
Extension to house
32 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Jun 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0670/A/93
Erection of illuminated sign
Avon Mill Industrial Estate Mill Road, Linlithgow, Unit 12
Received 23 Sept 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0384/H/96
Erection of a garage and store
Easter Breich Farm , West Calder, EH55 8PP
Received 8 May 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0384/A/93
Erection of geared awning
Regent Centre, Linlithgow, EH49 7HU
Received 11 Jun 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0384/FUL/95
Alteration and extension to property and erection of a garage
Cawburn Villa Drumshoreland, Broxburn
Received 30 May 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0384/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
3 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 26 May 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0383/H/96
Extension to house
18 Carseknowe, Linlithgow
Received 8 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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