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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0218/FUL/94
Erection of a house
62 Marjoribanks Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AH
Received 29 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0218/FUL/93
Extension to house
31 Beechwood, Linlithgow
Received 16 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0218/FUL/92
Extension to house
Alderley Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 24 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/97
Development to form residential units (Use Class 13), houses, garage workshop and factory/training workshop
Bethany Home Farm, Greendykes Road, Broxburn
Received 25 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/96
Erection of a dwelling house and garage
6 Haining Place, Livingston, EH54 6AG
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/95
Request to waive condition of planning permission requiring retention of trees
1 Windyknowe Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2DY
Received 28 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/94
Proposed front and rear extension to factory building
Factory (Kepston) Murraysgate Industrial Estate, Whitburn
Received 29 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/93
Extension to form bar store
Blackburn Bowling Club Bathgate Road, Blackburn
Received 16 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0217/FUL/92
Proposed dormer extension to house
85 Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 25 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0216/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Easton Road, Bathgate, EH48 2SF
Received 24 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0216/A/96
Illumination of hoarding
Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0216/FUL/97
Extension to Garden Centre
Gavieside Nurseries , Polbeth
Received 25 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0216/FUL/95
Renovation, alteration and extension of cottages and formation of access roads
35,37,39 West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 28 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0216/FUL/94
Extension to house
8 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6BB
Received 28 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0216/FUL/93
Change of use to agricultural contractors yard
Strathmill Farm , Avonbridge
Received 15 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0215/P/95
Outline planning permission for the creation of three house plots
South Of West Main Street, Blackburn
Received 28 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0215/P/93
Residential development of 15 family dwellings plus 15 special needs dwellings and associated public car park
Former Bonded Warehouse Provost Road, Linlithgow
Received 15 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0215/H/97
Extension to house
14 Roman Camp Cottages Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PJ
Received 25 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0215/H/96
Erection of a canopy to front of house
49 Palmer Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6NR
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0227/P/95
Erection of a double garage
12 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 4 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0227/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for erection of a conservatory
Champfleuire School House Kingscavil, Linlithgow
Received 31 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0227/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for installation of balanced flue for central heating
Williamcraigs House (South Wing) , Linlithgow, EH49 6QF
Received 19 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0227/FUL/97
Erection of house and garage
Plot 5 Murieston Woods, Murieston, Livingston
Received 27 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0227/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
10 Windyknowe Park, Bathgate
Received 30 Mar 1992
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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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