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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0013/H/97
Installation of dormer windows
8 Kepscaith Road, Whitburn, EH47 8JD
Received 13 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0013/FUL/95
Erection of a hut for a dog grooming business
30 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 10 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0013/FUL/92
Substitution of house types and re-alignment of road
- Glasgow Road, Bathgate
Received 13 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0012/P/96
Outline planning permission for Class 1 Factory outlet centre (7000 square metres) with Class 3 Restaurant/Cafe and ancilliary office accommodation/parking etc.
Land At Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 9 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0012/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for the erection of a cast iron plaque on south wall
Cross House The Cross, Linlithgow
Received 11 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0020/LBC/97
Listed building consent for replacement of front door
13 Lion Well Wynd, Linlithgow
Received 16 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0020/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for extension and partial demolition to house
13 Royal Terrace, Linlithgow, EH49 6HQ
Received 18 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0020/FUL/96
Change of use in retrospect from garage to soft furnishings workshop
22 Beresford Rise, Livingston
Received 12 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0020/FUL/95
Removal of soil and replacement with imported material
Site At Hunter Grove, Bathgate
Received 16 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0020/FUL/94
Proposed residential development
Site At Hunter Grove, Bathgate
Received 17 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0020/FUL/92
Change of use to pet shop and tea room
42 East Main Street, Armadale
Received 15 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0019/FUL/97
Erection of a storage shed
Binny House , Ecclesmachan
Received 16 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0027/FUL/94
Erection of storage container
4 Cannop Crescent, Stoneyburn
Received 20 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0027/FUL/93
Erection of a satellite dish
10 Craigs Court, Torphichen, EH48 4NU
Received 21 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0027/FUL/92
Proposed residential development
5-7 Windyknowe Crescent, Bathgate
Received 20 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0016/FUL/94
Raising ground levels by infilling with hardcore and soil
Loch Cote Lodge , Linlithgow
Received 17 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0016/FUL/93
Extension to house
9 Craigrigg Cottages, Westfield, EH48 3DH
Received 18 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0047/FUL/92
Conversion of garages and outhouses to form an extension to house
Lochmill Lodge St. Ninians Road, Linlithgow, EH49 7QG
Received 27 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0046/H/96
Erection of garage
32 Newpark Road, Bellsquarry
Received 25 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0046/A/94
Erection of signboards
1 Neilson Square, Livingston, EH54 8RQ
Received 28 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0046/FUL/97
Erection of 5 houses and 26 flats
- Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 24 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0046/FUL/95
Erection of a carrier grain drier and alteration to existing building
Trinlaymire Farm , Threemiletown
Received 26 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0046/FUL/93
Extension to house
53 Hillhouse Avenue, Bathgate
Received 27 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/92
Provide new roof to existing workshop
2 Glebe Road, West Calder, EH55 8DF
Received 4 Feb 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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