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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0079/A/93
Erection of a projecting sign
7 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AB
Received 15 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0079/A/92
Proposed fascia signs
17/19 Glasgow Road, Bathgate, EH48 2AB
Received 7 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0101/FUL/97
Variation of condition of Planning Permission to increase the number of houses to be occupied if any one academic year from 19 to 36
Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 18 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0101/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 3 Byreside, Seafield
Received 15 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0101/P/93
Conversion of byre and courtyard to form a house and granny flat
Belstane House , Kirknewton, EH27 8DG
Received 23 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0101/FUL/92
Proposed alterations/dormer extension
1 Rivaldsgreen Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 6BB
Received 19 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0091/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
29 Wotherspoon Crescent, Armadale
Received 14 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0091/A/96
Erection of signage
Bank Of Scotland Almondvale South, Livingston, EH54 6SN
Received 14 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0091/A/95
Proposed signs(4)
Supermarket (Low) Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 14 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0091/A/93
Proposed free standing sign
M8 Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 18 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0091/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
52A Kettil'Stoun Mains, Linlithgow, EH49 6SL
Received 22 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0091/FUL/92
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
9 And 11 Forrest Walk, Uphall
Received 12 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/97
Erection of a house
Nether Parkley, Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/96
Installation of pitch to conservatory roof
14 Croft Place, Livingston, EH54 6RJ
Received 14 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/95
Provision of parking area
1 Springfield Grange, Linlithgow
Received 14 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/94
Substitution of houses on previously approved layout, plots 37-63, 66-70
Site At Hope Park Gardens Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 18 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 6 Windyknowe Park, Bathgate
Received 18 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0090/FUL/92
Extension to house
2 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 12 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0089/M/97
Extension to landfill site, increase in capacity of existing area and formation of screen bunding
- Auldcathie Landfill Site, Glendevon Farm, Winchburgh
Received 12 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0089/A/96
Erection of two signs on the building and one at the site entrance
Nettlehill Road, Livingston, EH54 5DL
Received 13 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0089/A/95
Proposed signboard
11 George Place, Bathgate, EH48 1NX
Received 14 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0089/FUL/94
Extension to house
44 Northfield Cottages, West Calder
Received 18 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0089/FUL/93
Erection of a store and workshop
Latchbrae Cottage , Blackburn, EH47 7DB
Received 17 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0089/FUL/92
Change of use from builders office to house
201 West Main Street, Broxburn
Received 12 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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