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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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/0001/FUL/95
Extension to house
12 Milrig Holdings, Kirknewton, EH27 8DE
Received 4 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0001/FUL/94
Renewal of shop front
21 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 6 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0001/FUL/93
Erection of 3 houses
Site At Lychgate Lane, Broxburn
Received 5 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0006/FUL/95
Proposed 48 bed nursing home and 30 sheltered housing units
Colthill St Ninians Road, Linlithgow
Received 6 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0006/FUL/92
Frontage alterations and installation of vent flues
106 - 108 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 8 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0005/P/93
Outline planning permission for flats and terraced houses
Site 2 Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 7 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0005/H/97
Extension to house
71 Kepscaith Road, Whitburn
Received 9 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0005/H/96
Extension to house
22 & 24 Burnside Avenue, Armadale
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0005/A/95
Proposed fascia and free standing signs
Woods Garage Main Street, West Calder, EH55 8AD
Received 6 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0005/FUL/94
Erection of a house
16 Redmill Court, East Whitburn
Received 10 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0005/FUL/92
Extension to house
20 Inch Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EU
Received 8 Jan 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0004/P/93
Outline planning permission for a residential development
Site At Wallace Road, Bathgate
Received 6 Jan 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0004/H/96
Extension to house
2 High Brae, Torphichen
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0004/FUL/97
Erection of a warehouse
41 Inchmuir Road, Bathgate, EH48 2EN
Received 9 Jan 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0004/FUL/95
Change of use of public open space to garden ground
18 Quarry Road, Fauldhouse
Received 5 Jan 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0004/FUL/94
Proposed dormers to roof
70 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9EE
Received 7 Jan 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0003/P/96
Outline planning permission for erection of a house
Nether Parkley, Manse Road, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jan 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0003/H/97
Extension to house
70A East Bankton Place, Livingston, EH54 9BZ
Received 7 Jan 1997
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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