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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0066/FUL/92
Conversion of farm steading to form 6 houses
1-6 Springfield Grange, Linlithgow
Received 3 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0065/P/95
Outline planning permission for a Class 4 business and light industrial dvelopment
Oakbank , Mid Calder, EH53 0JS
Received 3 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0065/A/97
Erection of illuminated facia and projecting signs
The Dreadnought Hotel Whitburn Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0065/A/96
Installation of illuminated and non-illuminated signs
McDonald Martin Distillers East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 1 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0065/FUL/94
Erection of satellite dish
23 Redhouse Court, Blackburn, EH47 7BU
Received 9 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0065/FUL/93
Erection of a house
41 Queens Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0065/FUL/92
Extension to house to form granny flat
7 Houstoun Mains, Uphall
Received 3 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0064/P/97
Outline planning permission for the erection of 2 houses
Letham Park, Pumpherston
Received 5 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0064/FUL/96
New garage, stables and office
Ballencrieff Works Balmuir Road, Bathgate, EH48 4QX
Received 1 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0064/P/95
Erection of a house
Ballencrieff Nursery Ballencrieff Toll, Bathgate, EH48 4LD
Received 3 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0064/FUL/94
Replacement windows
41 Traprain Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2BA
Received 9 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0064/FUL/93
Erection of a house
39 Queens Road, Broxburn
Received 8 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0064/FUL/92
Alteration and extension of cottage
Parkhead Cottage, 1 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow
Received 3 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0063/H/96
Erection of a dormer window
35 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 30 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0063/FUL/97
Erection of 10 houses
- Station Road, Addiewell
Received 5 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0063/FUL/95
Change of roof finish from slates to tiles
Woodlands House Hardhill Road, Armadale, EH48 2LH
Received 3 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0063/FUL/94
Erection of a nursery classroom
Mid Calder Primary School , Mid Calder
Received 8 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0063/FUL/93
Erection of retail unit
Regent Motors Site Falkirk Road, Linlithgow
Received 8 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0063/FUL/92
Rehabilitation of steading to form 3 houses
Parkhead Holdings , Linlithgow
Received 31 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0062/P/93
Outline planning permission for 3 house plots
Brushwood Ridge Cathlaw Lane, Torphichen
Received 4 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0062/A/96
Erection of freestanding 'gateway' signs and location map
Almondvale, Livingston
Received 30 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0062/A/94
Erection of sign
Paraffin Lamp Almondvale, Livingston
Received 8 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0062/FUL/97
Change of use to form office and storage facility
The Coach House Hermand Estate, West Calder, EH55 8QZ
Received 5 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0062/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Manse Grove, Stoneyburn
Received 2 Feb 1995
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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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