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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0040/P/94
Erection of a house
Plot 18 Westwood View, West Calder
Received 25 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0040/FUL/92
Extension to house
37 Springfield Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7JH
Received 24 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0039/P/92
Outline planning permission for a residential development
East Main Street, Armadale
Received 23 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0039/H/97
Proposed extension to house and relocation of garage
154 Spottiswood Gardens, Mid Calder
Received 24 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/97
Installation of new shop front
286 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Lochmill House, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/94
Erection of a double garage
38 Parkview, Fauldhouse, EH47 9JX
Received 11 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0007/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Riverbank Redmill Estate, East Whitburn
Received 8 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0006/LBC/94
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for erection of storage building (to replace formerly demolished stores)
28 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0006/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to ground floor offices
212 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 8 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0006/H/96
Installation of replacement windows
28 Maryfield Park, Mid Calder
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0006/H/97
Erection of a conservatory
23 Huron Avenue, Livingston, EH54 6LF
Received 9 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0026/H/97
Re-roofing of house
26 Friars Brae, Linlithgow
Received 20 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0026/A/95
Erection of a signboard
11 King Street, Bathgate
Received 19 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0026/FUL/96
Re-siting existing agricultural shed, stables and caravans and formation of exercise arena
Brunton Farm , Torphichen
Received 16 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0026/FUL/94
Extension to house
2 Hillhouse, Linlithgow, EH49 6PL
Received 20 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0026/FUL/93
Proposed dormer extension to house
33 Redmill Cottages, East Whitburn
Received 21 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0026/FUL/92
Proposed residential development
5-7 Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate
Received 20 Jan 1992 - UnknownLIVE/0025/NID/93
Erection of automatic public convenience
Site At Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 20 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0025/FUL/97
Substitution of 23 house types and amendments to layout and re-location of bus shelter at Main Road, Seafield
Heatherpark Phase 2 Main Road, Seafield
Received 20 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0025/FUL/96
Alterations and change of use to form 3 houses
Crofthead Garage Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 16 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0012/A/95
Proposed free standing sign
1 Macintosh Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston, EH54 7BW
Received 10 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0012/FUL/97
Installation of cash machine
1 Carmondean Centre, Livingston
Received 13 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0012/FUL/94
Conservatory extension to house
15 Huntburn Avenue, Linlithgow
Received 12 Jan 1994
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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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