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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0166/FUL/94
Change of use of retail shop to cafe/wine bar
Unit E2 Regent Centre, Linlithgow, EH49 7HW
Received 15 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0166/FUL/92
Erection of porch
1 Bridgecastle Gardens, Westfield
Received 9 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/97
Erection of a storage building
Lower Bathville, Armadale, EH48 2JU
Received 10 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/96
Erection of a house and garage
Plot B Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 7 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/95
Extension
02 Garden City, Stoneyburn
Received 13 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/94
Extension to house
5 Langfauld Gardens, Bathgate, EH48 2DX
Received 15 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/93
Extensions to slaughter house
Abp Scotland Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2HP
Received 23 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0165/FUL/92
Erection of a garage
197 Langside Gardens, Polbeth, EH55 8QS
Received 9 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0164/A/96
Erection of 2 individual letter signs and 1 projecting sign (all illuminated)
Clydesdale Bank Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston
Received 7 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0164/FUL/97
Erection of two semi-detached houses
Plot 21 Badger Wood, Dechmont
Received 10 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0164/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Site West Craigs Road, Blackridge
Received 13 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0164/FUL/94
Erection of a porch
50 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RG
Received 14 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0164/FUL/93
Siting of steel container
Garage Area Ellen Street, Whitburn
Received 23 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0159/FUL/92
Extension to house
28 Belsyde Court, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 6 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0158/P/92
Outline planning permission for livery stables and house
5A Houston Mains Holdings, Dechmont
Received 5 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0158/A/94
Erection of sign
- Nettlehill Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5EQ
Received 11 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/97
Conversion of existing building to two houses
31 Society Place, West Calder
Received 6 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/96
Erection of a house
Plot 3 The Fairways, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/95
Re-location of a timber garage
Garage Court Church Court, Philpstoun
Received 8 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension
8 Melbourne Road, Broxburn
Received 23 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0157/H/97
Extension to house
55 Napier Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1DF
Received 4 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0171/H/97
Erection of a radio mast
58 Tippetknowes Park, Winchburgh, EH52 6UP
Received 12 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0171/FUL/96
Change of use from public house to flat
Masonic Arms Station Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0171/FUL/95
Installation of Velux Escape Window
17 Millbank Place, Uphall
Received 15 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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