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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0181/H/96
Erection of a timber garage
12 Burnside Crescent Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9JB
Received 14 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Site (Dobies Heating Supplies) Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 15 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/94
Erection of 'Rubb' building for use in car preparations
Rover Group Site Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 18 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/93
Erection of 3 terraced houses
The Church Of Scotland Manse Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 30 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/92
Extension to house
19 Avonmill View Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SH
Received 16 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0180/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for erection of a manager's house
Claredon Farm, Linlithgow
Received 14 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/97
Change of use from florist to food preparation unit
42 Main Street West Calder West Lothian EH55 8DR
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/95
Proposed joinery workshop
Site Oakbank Road, Mid Calder
Received 15 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/94
Upper floor extension to rear
96 Pumpherston Road Uphall Station Livingston West Lothian EH54 5PJ
Received 18 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/93
Extension to house
07 Bellsburn Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 7LD
Received 30 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0180/FUL/92
Proposed fitting of security shutters
Unit 3 Argyle Court, Broxburn
Received 16 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0179/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for erection of 22 unit commercial livery stable
Claredon Farm, Linlithgow
Received 14 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0179/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Colt Hill, Linlithgow
Received 13 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0179/A/94
Erection of a flagpole
Factory (Ewos) Torphichen Road, Westfield, EH48 3BP
Received 18 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/97
Sub-division and change of use and alterations to facade to form one shop unit and a betting office
27 Main Street Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AW
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/95
Erection of 10 flats
61E West Main Street, Armadale
Received 15 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0179/FUL/93
Erection of house and garage
Plot 4 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 29 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0178/P/92
Outline planning permission for a house
Champfleurie Stables Champfleurie Estate, Linlithgow
Received 13 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0178/A/96
Erection of signboards
Raw Farm -, East Calder
Received 8 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0208/FUL/94
Erection of storage shed and office
Unit 18 Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 24 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0208/FUL/93
Extension to house
Cardan Cottage Greenburn, Fauldhouse
Received 14 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0207/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent and advert consent for erection of a fascia sign
75 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 23 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0207/H/96
Extension to house and erection of gate piers
29 Pumpherston Road Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AX
Received 27 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0207/FUL/97
Substitution of house types on Plots 7, 8, 26, 60-63, 65 & 66
- Glenwood Drive, Armadale
Received 21 Mar 1997
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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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