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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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/0012/FUL/92
Extension to house
60 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 13 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0011/LBC/96
Listed building consent and planning permission for conversion of steading to form 4 houses and extension and alteration of tractor shed to form 3 houses
Wester Causewayend -, Kirknewton
Received 9 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0011/LBC/93
Listed Buliding Consent for the erection of a cast iron plaque on north wall
61 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 11 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/97
Alterations to form Royal Mail delivery office - Unit 12
Avonmill Industrial Estate Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7QJ
Received 13 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/95
Conversion of garage into a house with a bed and breakfast facility
13 Avon Place, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/94
Replace existing windows with white aluminium/UPVC windows
4 Highbrae, Torphichen, EH48 4LX
Received 12 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/92
Construction of informal car park
Woodcockdale Bridge, Union Road, Linlithgow
Received 13 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0010/LBC/93
Listed Building Consent for the erection of a cast iron plaque on street level, north wall
West Port House High Street, Linlithgow
Received 11 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0010/H/96
Extension to house
40A Strathbrock Place, Uphall
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0010/H/97
Erection of a fence and formation of a driveway
31 Main Street, Linlithgow Bridge, EH49 7PW
Received 13 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0010/P/95
Outline planning permission for use classes 4(Business), 5(General Industrial), 11(Storage or distribution)(Multiple users) on North Inchwood and on South Inchwood (Single user)
Site At Inchwood, Bathgate
Received 9 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0010/FUL/94
Proposed residential development
Inchcross House Standhill Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0010/FUL/92
Environmental improvement works to canal
Union Canal, Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0009/P/96
Outline planning permission for Class 1 Factory outlet centre (7000 square metres) with Class 3 Restaurant/Cafe uses and ancillary accommodation/parking etc.
Land At Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0009/P/93
Outline planning permission for extension to factory
Meat Processing Factory East Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5AW
Received 11 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0009/LBC/92
Listed Building Consent for refurbishment of Knightsridge House and extension to form 18 units
Knightsridge House, Deer Park Golf & Country Club, Livingston
Received 9 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0009/A/97
Erection of various facia and information signs
Avon Mill Industrial Estate Mill Road, Linlithgow, Unit 12
Received 10 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0009/P/95
Proposed erection of a new factory, storage and distribution centre with factory shop
Starlaw -, Bathgate
Received 9 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0009/FUL/94
Extension to house
18 Craigrigg Cottages, Westfield
Received 11 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0008/P/96
Outline planning permission for Class 1 Factory outlet centre (9725 square metres) with Class 3 Restaurant/Cafe uses and ancilliary accommodation/parking etc.
Land At Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0025/FUL/95
Proposed formation of 2 dormers
14 Harthill Road, Blackridge, EH48 3AL
Received 19 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0025/FUL/94
Erection of dormer
104 Old Rows, Seafield
Received 20 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0025/FUL/92
Erection of a dormer window and porch
68 Pumpherston Road, Uphall Station
Received 20 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0024/A/95
Erection of a signboard
Armadale Greyhound Stadium , Armadale
Received 18 Jan 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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