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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0069/H/97
Extension to house and sun porch
1 Burnside Cottages, Threemiletown
Received 6 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0046/FUL/92
Proposed erection of bin stores and planter to courtyard
Mains Maltings, Linlithgow
Received 27 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0068/FUL/92
Installation of new shopfront
18 George Street, Bathgate
Received 4 Feb 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0067/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent and planning permission for dormer extension to office
2 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 8 Feb 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0067/A/96
Erection of 3 facia signs
35 West Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5RQ
Received 1 Feb 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0067/P/97
Change of use to form builders merchants and outline planning permission for store and showroom
Camps Industrial Estate, Kirknewton, EH27 8DF
Received 6 Feb 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0067/FUL/95
Installation of a dormer
2 Faraday Place, Addiewell
Received 6 Feb 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0067/FUL/94
Formation of pitched roof over garage
3 Priory Road, Linlithgow
Received 10 Feb 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0016/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Redmill Estate, East Whitburn
Received 14 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0015/P/92
Outline planninig permission for erection of a house
Kirkhill Terrace, Broxburn
Received 14 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/97
Variation of condition to allow opening hours of 12pm Sunday to Thursday and 1am Friday and Saturday
83 Main Street, West Calder
Received 13 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/96
Location of caravan to house night watchman
Winchburgh Motor Spares Castle Road, Winchburgh
Received 10 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/95
Erection of a house
Plot 2 Hall Road, Broxburn
Received 11 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/94
Subdivision of existing house to form one additional house
21A Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station, EH54 5PT
Received 17 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0015/FUL/93
Extension to house to form a flat
The Sawmill , West Calder
Received 13 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0014/H/97
Erection of a garage
14 Parklands, Broxburn
Received 13 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0043/A/94
Proposed signboard
On The A801 Land North Of A89, Bathgate
Received 26 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0043/FUL/93
Erection of a garage
125 Lower Bathville, Armadale
Received 26 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0043/FUL/92
Erection of a house
Plot 27 Croftfoot Farm, Fauldhouse
Received 27 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0042/H/97
Erection of a garage
Ambleside Ballencrieff Mill, Bathgate
Received 24 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0042/H/96
Extension to house
23 Finlay Avenue, East Calder, EH53 Orp
Received 23 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0042/FUL/95
Alterations to shopfront
70-72 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 26 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0042/FUL/94
Erection of house with granny annexe and garage
Blackfaulds Croft 3 , Avonbridge
Received 25 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0042/FUL/93
Extension to commercial garage
1-9 Main Street, Kirknewton, EH53 0EP
Received 26 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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