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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0088/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for internal combination of 2 flats to become a single house
9 Manse Park, Uphall
Received 17 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0079/FUL/97
Erection of 8 houses
Bridgend Court, Bathgate
Received 11 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0079/FUL/95
Erection of a garage and workshop
20 Northfield Meadows, Longridge, EH47 8SA
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0079/FUL/94
Change of use to hot food take-away and formation of two additional flats
122 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 16 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0078/LBC/92
Proposed conservatory
Binny House Whiterashes, Ecclesmachan
Received 6 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0078/H/97
Extension to house
137 Mount Pleasant, Armadale
Received 11 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0078/FUL/96
Extension to existing warehouse and offices
East Main Street, Blackridge
Received 8 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0078/FUL/95
Extension to house
12 Church Place, Armadale
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0078/FUL/94
Erection of fence
22 And 24 Glebe Avenue, Uphall, EH52 8DU
Received 16 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0078/FUL/93
Change of use of lounge bar to disco
Hilcroft Hotel East Main Street, Whitburn
Received 15 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0077/P/96
Outline planning permission for restoration and renovation to form house
Site To East Kingsfield Farm, Linlithgow, EH49 7LS
Received 8 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/97
Erection of a water storage tank
Bathgate Golf Club Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1BA
Received 11 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0074/P/94
Outline planning permission for a 50,000sq ft Superstore and petrol filling station, associated car parking and servicing
- Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0074/H/96
Extension to house
5 Avenue Park, Mid Calder
Received 8 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/97
Water waste treatment works to serve industrial developments in Eliburn Campus and Deans Industrial Estate
Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7BH
Received 7 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/95
Erection of 3 houses
Site Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 7 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/93
Proposed permission to dismantle vehicles within compound
86 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 11 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0074/FUL/92
Erection of a house
13 Strawberry Bank, Linlithgow
Received 5 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0073/P/94
Outline planning for a house
Dykeside Farm , Bathgate
Received 11 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0073/FUL/97
Change of use to hot food takeaway
Unit 4 Bankton Centre, Livingston
Received 6 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0073/FUL/96
Change of use from public open space to garden use
8 Kirkhill Court, Broxburn
Received 6 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0073/FUL/93
Temporary erection of marquee for use as function room
Houstoun House Hotel -, Uphall
Received 11 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0073/FUL/92
Extension to house
2 St. Ninians Way, Linlithgow
Received 5 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0072/A/96
Erection of free standing information signs
Kirkton South Road, Livingston
Received 6 Feb 1996
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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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