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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0034/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 8 Heatherpark, Seafield
Received 25 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0034/NID/92
Demolition of public convenience and the provision of automatic public convenience
- Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 22 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0039/FUL/93
Erection of sun lounge
23 Friars Brae, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0038/H/96
Extension to house
44 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 22 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/97
Erection of 12 houses
Belvedere Road, Bathgate
Received 23 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/95
Alteration to shop fronts
30-46 Jarvey Street, Bathgate
Received 26 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/94
Extension to house
29 Tennent Park, Mid Calder
Received 25 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/93
Erection of garage and utility room
15 Overton Crescent, East Calder
Received 26 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0038/FUL/92
Formation of a driveway
6 Auldhill Crescent, Bridgend, EH49 6NX
Received 23 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0037/P/94
Outline planning permission for residential development and infilling and landscaping of Raw Farm Quarry and Bing
Raw Holdings , East Calder
Received 25 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0037/P/93
Outline planning permission for a house
Site At Reeves Road, Whitburn
Received 25 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0032/FUL/93
Change of use from public house to public house with letting rooms
Mid Calder Inn Main Street, Mid Calder
Received 25 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0032/FUL/92
Erection of a conservatory
East Binneythorne Cottage, Ecclesmachan, EH52 6DB
Received 22 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0031/H/97
Erection of a garage
Rockview Cottage , Dechmont
Received 22 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0031/FUL/95
Form link corridor between function suite and dining room
18-20 West Port, Linlithgow
Received 23 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0031/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Plot 7 Meadowhead Terrace, Addiewell
Received 21 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0044/FUL/92
Erection of a house and garage
Site At Burngrange, West Calder
Received 27 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0043/H/96
Erection of a summerhouse/hobby room
1 Craigs Court, Torphichen
Received 23 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0043/A/95
Proposed shop fascia and hanging sign
70-72 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0061/LBC/97
Listed building consent and planning permission for re-roofing and alterations to existing dangerous structure
The Coach House Hermand Estate, West Calder, EH55 8QZ
Received 5 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0061/A/96
Erection of free standing motorway signs
M8 Motorway, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/95
Extension to house
22 Bonnytoun Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 7JH
Received 2 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/94
Installation of a driveway
61 Burngrange Cottages, West Calder, EH55 8EP
Received 7 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0061/FUL/92
Installation of a new shopfront
36 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QX
Received 31 Jan 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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