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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0147/FUL/95
Change of use from assembly and leisure to warehousing and storage
Former Civil Defence Centre Camps Industrial Estate, Kirknewton
Received 3 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0147/FUL/94
Extension to house
Shiel Cottage , East Calder, EH53 0HT
Received 7 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0147/FUL/93
Proposed dormer and ground floor extension to rear
31 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 16 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0147/FUL/92
Proposed garage and extension
Cappers Farm , Armadale, EH48 3BH
Received 2 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0146/H/96
Installation of replacement windows
15 Burnside Road, Uphall
Received 4 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0146/A/95
Erection of a signboard
8 Main Street, West Calder
Received 3 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0146/A/94
Erection of projecting sign
4 Hopetoun Lane, Bathgate
Received 8 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0146/FUL/97
Establishment of use of kennels and stabling and permission for storage of four caravans and agricultural vehicles/machinery
Almondell Cottage -, Broxburn
Received 3 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0146/FUL/93
Extension to house
30 Baronshill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 16 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0146/FUL/92
Erection of garage and extension
38 Glenburn Gardens, Whitburn, EH47 8NL
Received 2 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0140/FUL/92
Conversion of bothies and stable to house
Drumcrosshall Bangour , Broxburn
Received 28 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0139/NPD/92
Notice of Proposed Development for provision of temporary building
Whitburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2RB
Received 28 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0139/FUL/97
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 2 Murieston Woods, Murieston, Livingston
Received 28 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0139/FUL/96
Change of use from garage to house
31 East Main Street, Broxburn, EH54 5PH
Received 29 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0139/FUL/95
Extension to house
1 Churchill Way, Kirknewton, EH27 8AE
Received 1 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0139/FUL/94
Formation of car park
22A Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 4 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0139/FUL/93
Extension to house
Syke Bo'Ness Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7RQ
Received 11 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0138/P/94
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Easter Rigghead , Armadale
Received 3 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0138/FUL/97
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 3 Young Street, West Calder
Received 26 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0133/H/96
Extension to a house
19 Hollybank Place, East Calder
Received 28 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/95
Change of use to catering equipment workshop and storage facility
19 Houston Mains Holdings, Uphall
Received 24 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/94
Extension to house
Kinver Ballencrieff Mains, Bathgate, EH48 4LD
Received 3 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/93
Part change of use of house to operate motor trading business
22 Torphichen Road, Bathgate
Received 9 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/92
Erection of 3 garages
57 And 59 West Main Street, Uphall
Received 26 Feb 1992
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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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