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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.
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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0060/H/96
Extension to house
166 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow, EH49 6QH
Received 30 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/97
Variation of condition 4 to allow submission of landscaping plan which will review landscaping of site and amendments to design brief referred to in conditon 3 to substitute a requirement for an approved mortar
Easter Inch Blackburn Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/95
Proposed telecommunications equipment housing
Works Depot (WLDC) Braehead Road, Linlithgow
Received 2 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/94
Erection of a house
12 Byreside, Seafield
Received 4 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/93
Extension to house
6 Limefield Road, West Calder, EH55 8UD
Received 3 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/92
Erection of 2 semi-detached houses
Harburnhead Woods , Harburn, West Calder
Received 31 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0059/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent for erection of a conservatory
Craigbinning , Dechmont, EH52 6NB
Received 3 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0059/H/97
Extension to house
4 Main Street, Westfield
Received 4 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0059/H/96
Erection of a garage
13 Craigrigg Cottages, Westfield, EH48 3DH
Received 30 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0059/FUL/95
Proposed roller shutters and canopy
47 South Street, Armadale
Received 2 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0059/FUL/93
Installation of a roof over an existing silo
Couch Farm , Harthill
Received 3 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0059/FUL/92
Extension to house
7 King Square, West Calder, EH55 8DJ
Received 31 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0058/H/96
Extension to house
9 Priorscroft, Torphichen
Received 30 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0058/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
Easter Breich Farm , West Calder, EH55 8PP
Received 29 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0039/FUL/96
Extension and refurbishment to provide disabled access
McKinnon Hall Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 22 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0039/FUL/95
Alter and change of use from shop to form bookmakers office
34 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 26 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0039/FUL/94
Extension to house
26 Netherton Place, Whitburn
Received 25 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0014/A/92
Erection of sign
Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate
Received 14 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0014/FUL/96
Erection of 22.5 metre tower, antennae, compound fence and installation of prefabricated cabin
Youngs Detergents Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 10 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0014/FUL/95
Erection of a house and siting of temporary caravan
Plot 13 West Harwood Farm, West Calder
Received 11 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0014/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Balgreen Linlithgow Road, Dechmont
Received 13 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0014/FUL/93
Installation of a compactor and alterations to warehouse area and staff car parking area
Regent Centre Blacknes Road, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0013/P/96
Outline planning permission for Class 1 Factory outlet centre (9725 square metres) with Class 3 Restaurant/Cafe and ancilliary office accommodation/parking etc.
Land At Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 10 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0013/P/93
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
Ryelands Bridgecastle Road, Westfield
Received 12 Jan 1993
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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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