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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0068/FUL/97
Variation of conditions 3 and 4 of application 845/P/95 amending the requirement for 100/150m wide buffer zone alongside M8
Easter Inch Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/95
Installation of roller shutters with external shutter box
28 Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 6 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/94
Install parking/turning area
1 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow
Received 10 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/93
Provision of serviced plots and formation of an access
Almondbank Farm , Harthill
Received 8 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0057/FUL/95
Erection of a house and garage
Craigpark House, Torphichen
Received 31 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0057/FUL/92
Extension to building
Unit 1 Foulshiels Road, Stoneyburn
Received 30 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0056/A/92
Erection of fascia sign
39 George Street, Bathgate
Received 30 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0056/FUL/97
Change of use from open space to garden ground, erection of new fences and conservatory
24 Wallace Mill Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 29 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0056/FUL/96
Erection of 9 No. floodlighting columns
Sports Club Boghall, Linlithgow, EH49 6AB
Received 29 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0056/FUL/95
Change of use to vehicle hire depot
2 Liggat Syke Place, Broxburn
Received 31 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0056/FUL/94
Installation of a dormer
13 Hunter Grove, Bathgate
Received 3 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0056/FUL/93
Approval of reserved matters for erection of 13 houses
Site At Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 2 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0055/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
115/117 South Street, Armadale, EH48 3QP
Received 2 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0055/H/96
Enlargement of existing dormer
15 Station Road, Broxburn
Received 29 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0055/FUL/97
Erection of 2 houses and garages
Plots 2 And 3 Mackintosh Court, Broxburn
Received 29 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0055/FUL/95
Extension to flat
6 Empire Street, Whitburn
Received 31 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0055/FUL/94
Installation of a new shopfront
50/58 George Street, Bathgate
Received 2 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0049/LBC/95
Listed Building Consent for minor internal alteration works
43 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ED
Received 26 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0049/FUL/96
Erection of 2 houses
Site Opposite Meadowhead Terrace , Addiewell
Received 25 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0049/FUL/94
Erection of a garage
42 Kirkhill Road, Broxburn
Received 31 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0049/FUL/93
Refurbish entrance foyer, construct new music block, stair and Lift Tower
Linlithgow Academy Braehead Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6EH
Received 29 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0049/FUL/92
Formation of an access
15 Cousland Crescent, Seafield, EH47 2AY
Received 28 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0048/FUL/97
Erection of a house
Plot B Old Smithy Cottage, Avonbridge
Received 27 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0048/FUL/96
Provision of steel storage container
British Waterways Drumshoreland, Broxburn
Received 25 Jan 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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