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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0072/FUL/97
Change of use from public open space to garden ground
49 Ambrose Rise, Livingston, EH54 6JT
Received 6 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0072/FUL/95
Erection of a house and garage
Plot 18 Badger Wood, Dechmont
Received 7 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0072/FUL/94
Erection of 30 dwellings, plus associated roads and sewers
Depot Site Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0084/FUL/95
Proposed winning of red blaes followed by site restoration to agricultural use
Green Bing , Broxburn
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0084/FUL/94
Proposed dormer extension
128 Craigton Place, Winchburgh, EH52 6RW
Received 17 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0084/FUL/93
Proposed alterations, extension and change of use to form function suite
18-20 West Port, Linlithgow
Received 16 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0084/FUL/92
Extension to house
84 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 6Q2
Received 11 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0083/H/97
Installation of a dormer
211 Pentland View, Pumpherston, EH53 Ols
Received 12 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0083/A/93
Erection of illuminated sign boxes
Livingston Service Station Centre Road South, Livingston
Received 16 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0083/FUL/96
Internal alterations/new shop front
Unit 28 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0083/FUL/95
Proposed landfill
Westcraigs Quarry Station Road, Blackridge
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0083/FUL/94
Extension to existing building
Plant Hire Depot Inchcross, Bathgate, EH48 2HT
Received 16 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0082/P/95
Outline planning permission for residential development and wetland sewage treatment system
Site South Logiebrae, Westfield
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0082/A/96
Installation of 2 no. badge signs and 2 no. display units
Unit 28 Almondvale Centre, Almondvale, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0082/FUL/97
Part change of use of existing workshop to car showroom
Inchcross, Bathgate
Received 12 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0082/FUL/94
To form hard standing yard area for sale of building materials with temporary port-a-cabin and security fence
Former Knitwear Outlet Oakbank Road, East Calder
Received 16 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0082/FUL/93
Extension to garage
Essex Cottage, 20 Main Street, Dechmont
Received 16 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0082/FUL/92
Erection of 12 terraced houses
Site 1, Eastside The Loan, Torphichen
Received 7 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0081/P/94
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Burnview Main Street, Blackridge
Received 16 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0081/H/97
Extension to house
64 Ogilvie Way, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0081/FUL/96
Erection of 1.8m and 0.9m high fences
Loch Linnhe Court, Whitburn
Received 12 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0081/P/95
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
64-68 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 9 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0081/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension
220 South Village, Pumpherston, EH53 0LS
Received 16 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0081/FUL/92
Erection of a porch
28 Inch Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1EU
Received 7 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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