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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0132/NID/94
Change of use from open space to garden ground
02-20 Rowan Drive, Blackburn
Received 3 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0132/A/97
Installation of a bus shelter with double sided advertisement display
54-56 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate
Received 26 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/96
Erection of 2 semi-detached houses
42 Main Street, Armadale
Received 28 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/95
Erection of a house and garage
36 Westermains, Armadale
Received 24 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/93
Erection of a conservatory
6 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow, EH49 7LJ
Received 9 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/92
Erection of a house
29 Belvedere Road, Bathgate
Received 26 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0131/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for a factory development
Toll Roundabout Wilson Road, Livingston, EH54 9BY
Received 28 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0131/A/97
Installation of a bus shelter with double sided advertisement display
A71 Near Brucefield Farm, Livingston
Received 26 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0131/FUL/95
Extension to house
27 Wallace Road, Bathgate
Received 24 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0131/FUL/94
Extensions to house
73 Baronshill Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 3 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0114/P/95
Outline planning permission for light industrial development
Oakbank Morton Junction, Livingston
Received 20 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/97
Erection of a house with garage
Plot 14 Badger Wood, Dechmont
Received 21 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/96
Extension to workshop
Unit 18 Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 21 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/94
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 1 Harthill Road, Blackridge
Received 24 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 22 Raeburn Park, Polbeth
Received 2 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/92
Change of use to workshop and operation of 3 commercial vehicles
Coxydene Farm -, Kirknewton
Received 19 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0113/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for erection of calf-rearing unit, livery stable and house
15 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun
Received 21 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0113/P/92
Outline planning permission for the erection of a light industrial building
5A Houston Mains Holdings, Dechmont
Received 19 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0113/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
48 Willowbank, Livingston, EH54 6HN
Received 21 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0113/FUL/95
Proposed demoliton of existing buildings and erection of proposed foodstore and food retail unit
Bus Depot Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 20 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0113/P/94
Extension to shed and temporary office
Cappers Farm , Armadale, EH48 3BH
Received 24 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0113/FUL/93
Extension to house
65 Castle Crescent, East Calder
Received 2 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0112/P/93
Outline planning permission for 2 houses
39(A) Niddry Road, Winchburgh
Received 1 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0112/H/97
Erection of a double garage
14 Braehead Park, Linlithgow
Received 21 Feb 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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