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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0190/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 22 Westermains, Armadale
Received 21 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0190/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
10 Mosside Road Blackburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7DL
Received 17 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0189/H/97
Extension to house
89 Beechwood Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6SE
Received 19 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0176/FUL/94
Erection of gas and electricity housing
- East Main Street, Halls Factory, Broxburn
Received 17 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0176/FUL/93
Extension to house
23 Clarendon Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AW
Received 25 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/97
Erection of six floodlighting columns
Sports Club Burnwynd, Kirknewton, EH27 8EA
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/96
Proposed porch
31 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 8 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/95
Extension to House
4 Maryfield Park Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0SB
Received 15 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/94
Extension to house
131 Bailielands Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SZ
Received 17 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0170/LBC/95
Replacement of existing porch with new porch
41 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 13 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0170/FUL/94
Extension to house
13 Limekiln Grove, East Calder
Received 16 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0170/FUL/93
Extension to Radio Building
Radio Building Cairnpapple Hill, Bathgate
Received 23 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0170/FUL/92
Erection of rear conservatory
47 Gilchrist Crescent, Whitburn, EH47 8NG
Received 10 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0169/P/92
Outline planning permission for a nursery business and the erection of a house
Site At Gavieside , Polbeth
Received 9 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0169/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent for cleaning and repointing all external walls
41 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 15 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0169/FUL/97
Alterations and change of use to form surgery
93 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston, EH53 Onu
Received 11 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0228/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
1 Woodend Cottage, Armadale
Received 31 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0228/FUL/93
Proposed factory extension for food processing
- East Main Street, Halls Factory, Broxburn
Received 20 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0228/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
4 Craigs Court, Torphichen
Received 1 Apr 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0195/FUL/94
Erection of screen fencing
7 Westhall Gardens, Uphall
Received 23 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0195/FUL/93
Proposed road and plot layout for 28 serviced plots
Heatherfield Bathgate Road, Armadale
Received 5 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0191/FUL/92
Erection of a house
52/54 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 17 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0190/P/95
Outline Planning permission for either 1 house or 2 semi detached houses
- Avonmill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 20 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0176/FUL/96
Proposed erection of 247 houses and associated roadworks
- Loaninghill Road, Loaninghill, Uphall
Received 8 Mar 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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