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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0189/FUL/92
Change of use of car showroom to supermarket
Bathgate Filling Station 11 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 17 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0188/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations
5 Strawberry Bank Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BJ
Received 1 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0188/A/92
Erection of signs
Bathgate Filling Station 11 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 17 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0188/FUL/97
Substitution of house types and alterations to site layout
Willow Grove, Livingston
Received 19 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0188/H/96
Extension to house
43 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JP
Received 19 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0188/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
5 Avondale Drive Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3HH
Received 16 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0188/FUL/94
Extension to rear of house
29 Station Road, Uphall
Received 21 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0187/A/92
Erection of a signboard
Entrance To Site Main Street, Longridge
Received 17 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0187/FUL/97
Installation of cash machine
8 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0187/FUL/95
Proposed erection of a Garage
1 Craigengall Armadale Falkirk West Lothian FK1 2JY
Received 16 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0187/FUL/94
Proposed dormer extension
197 West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5LH
Received 21 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0187/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 15 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 1 Apr 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0186/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for erection of a satellite dish
75A High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 18 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0186/FUL/97
Erection of a 25 metre telecommunications mast, antennae and associated equipment
Lawheads Farm Selms Tops, Kirknewton
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0186/FUL/96
Change of use from Class 5 to Class 11
Unit 12 Avonmill Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 19 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0186/FUL/95
Resiting of War Memorial
Mid Street/Church Place, Bathgate
Received 16 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0186/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 17 Site At Braehead, Linlithgow
Received 31 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0152/FUL/93
Proposed extension to licensed betting office
Adj The Cawburn Inn Station Road, Pumpherston
Received 17 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0140/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for various signage
Brucefield Farm Bistro Brucefield Industrial Park, Bellsquarry
Received 11 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0140/FUL/97
Change of use of domestic outbuilding to furniture retail unit
20 Houston Mains Holdings, Uphall, EH52 6PA
Received 28 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0140/FUL/95
Extension to house
4 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6BB
Received 28 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0140/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
26 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RG
Received 4 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0150/FUL/95
Formation of new vehicular access from A89
Nec Carnegie Road, Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 8QX
Received 3 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0150/FUL/94
Installation of 1200ltr LPG tank
Balnaclash Burnwynd, Kirknewton, EH27 8EA
Received 7 Mar 1994
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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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