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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.
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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0232/H/97
Erection of a garage
45 Meadowpark Road, Bathgate, EH48 2SP
Received 2 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0232/A/95
Illuminated panel on bus shelter
Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Received 6 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0232/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 25 Braehead Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0232/FUL/93
Extension of house and installation of dormer
34 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn, EH47 0JR
Received 21 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0232/FUL/92
Erection of a dormer
25 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6BB
Received 1 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0231/H/96
Extension to house
47 Pilgrims Hill, Linlithgow
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0231/A/95
Illuminated panel on bus shelter
Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Received 6 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0231/FUL/97
Extension and alterations to club premises
5 Bridge Street, Fauldhouse
Received 2 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0231/FUL/94
Extension to existing building and create a granny flat
Netherhouses Cottage Northrigg Road, Armadale
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0212/FUL/95
Installation of a dormer and erection of a garage
10 Newland Avenue, Bathgate
Received 28 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0212/FUL/94
Temporary change of use from car park to contractors site compound
Car Park Mid Street, Bathgate
Received 28 Mar 1994 - UnknownLIVE/0212/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
Blackfaulds Lodgehouse Westfield Road, Avonbridge
Received 24 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0211/H/97
Formation of a balcony on top of existing extension
197 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 24 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0211/H/96
Erection of a double garage/workshop
Tartraven , Torphichen
Received 29 Mar 1996 - UnknownLIVE/0211/NID/95
Sports pavilion and floodlit synthetic pitch
Kettlestoun Mains, Linlithgow
Received 28 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0211/FUL/94
Erection of 2 houses
5 Raw Holdings, East Calder
Received 24 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0211/FUL/93
Extension to shop
84 Livery Street, Bathgate
Received 14 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0211/FUL/92
Proposed dormer extension
148 South Village, Pumpherston
Received 24 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0210/H/97
Two storey extension to house
73 Easter Bankton Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BE
Received 24 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0210/FUL/96
Erection of a shed
Site At Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2HP
Received 27 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0210/FUL/95
Subdivision of flat into two flats
1 Strathbrock Place Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5QQ
Received 28 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0218/P/97
Erection of house
Plot At Crofthead Row, Stoneyburn
Received 27 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0218/H/96
Extension to house
38 Beechwood Park, Uphall Station
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0218/FUL/95
Outline permission for the erection of a house
Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 29 Mar 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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