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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0112/H/96
Extension to a house and erection of a garage
Polbeth Cottage Gavieside, Polbeth
Received 21 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0112/FUL/95
Replace fence with wall
22 Main Street, Mid Calder, EH53 Oan
Received 20 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0112/FUL/94
Extension to house
02 Ochiltree Drive, Mid Calder
Received 24 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0112/FUL/92
Extension to house, new access and garage.
30 Braehead Drive, Linlithgow
Received 19 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0111/P/96
Outline Planning Permission for erection of a house
Almond Field Wester Breich Road, Blackburn
Received 21 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0125/FUL/96
Formation of access road to bing
Green Bing , Broxburn
Received 26 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0125/FUL/95
Erection of a garage
Inchcross House Standhill Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0125/FUL/94
Erection of a house
10 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 28 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0125/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 14 Site At Braehead, Linlithgow
Received 5 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0126/FUL/95
Erection of gas storage tanks
Inchcross Standhill Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0126/FUL/94
Establish new access and erect timber garage
021 Hardhill Road, Bathgate, EH48 2SW
Received 1 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0126/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
2 Muir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2QL
Received 5 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0126/FUL/92
Erection of a garage and showroom
Standhill Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 26 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0125/FUL/97
Erection of four semi-detached houses
Plots 13 15 17 & 19 Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 26 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0096/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 22 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0096/FUL/92
Erection of a house
32 Kirkhill Terrace, Broxburn
Received 13 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/97
Erection of 12 flats with ancillary roads, parking and landscaping
166 Main Street, East Calder
Received 14 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/96
Subdivision of site by erection of a security fence
Livingston Tec/MTW Firth Road, Livingston, EH54 5DJ
Received 15 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/95
Erection of a house
41 Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall
Received 14 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0095/FUL/94
Erection of a storage building
Rom Ltd Stewart Drive, Whitburn
Received 21 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0098/FUL/94
Extension to house
31 Braekirk Avenue, Kirknewton
Received 23 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0098/FUL/93
Installation of LPG gas tank
8 Humbie Holdings, Kirknewton, EH27 8DS
Received 23 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0097/P/97
Outline planning permission for the erection of a church hall to replace existing hall
St. Mary's Catholic Church Livery Street, Bathgate
Received 14 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0097/LBC/92
Erection of replacement signboards and erection of tourist information point
Burgh Halls The Cross, Linlithgow
Received 13 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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