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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0225/FUL/95
Erection of a 15 Metre telecommunications mast, equipment cabin and associated apparatus
Holmes Holdings, Broxburn
Received 4 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0225/FUL/94
Change of use to indoor go-karting
Unit 4 Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder
Received 31 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0225/FUL/93
Proposed hot food outlet
Oakbank Bing Car Park North Side Of A71, East Calder
Received 19 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0229/P/97
Outline permission for demolition of existing house and erection of 3 new houses
1/2 Bridgecastle Cottages, Bridgecastle
Received 2 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0229/A/94
Erection of fascia signs
Osiris House Caputhall Road, Livingston
Received 6 Apr 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0229/H/96
Relocation of pigeon loft from front to back garden
Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0229/FUL/95
Extension to house
2 Linn Place, Broxburn
Received 4 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0229/FUL/93
Erection of 10 town houses
St Magdalene's Distillery Old Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 20 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0229/FUL/92
Extension to house
7 Forkneuk Road, Uphall
Received 1 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0228/H/97
Alterations and extension to house
12 Houstoun Mains, Dechmont
Received 2 Apr 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0228/FUL/96
Change of use to form trout fishery, siting of a portacabin and upgrading of access
Bangour Reservoir , Dechmont
Received 29 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0228/FUL/95
Erection of a retaining wall at the rear of Lochcote Lodge and the provision of a oil storage tank
Lochcote Lodge, Torphichen
Received 4 Apr 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0194/LBC/92
Erection of a satellite dish
45 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 18 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/97
Formation of a sales area for quality cars including a portakabin
71B Bonnington Road, Wilkieston
Received 19 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/96
Erection of temporary sales caravan and formation of parking spaces
Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 20 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Riddochhill Road, Blackburn
Received 20 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/94
Extension to house
21 Tippetknowes Road, Winchburgh
Received 23 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0194/FUL/93
Erection of workshop units
Site At Raw Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder, EH27 8DF
Received 5 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0182/A/94
Erection of a signboard
A71 Humbie Road, Kirknewton
Received 18 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0182/FUL/97
Construction of a car park
216 East Main Street, Broxburn
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0182/FUL/95
Outline permission for 2 houses
Site At Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 15 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0182/FUL/93
Erection of a workshop and garage shop
Polbeth Filling Station , Polbeth
Received 30 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0182/FUL/92
Siting of mobile snack bar
Layby South Side Of A71, West Of A706, Breich
Received 16 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0181/FUL/97
Erection of a 2 metre high fence
2 Dunnet Way Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NN
Received 14 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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