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Scotland · Local authority
West Lothian
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates10,867Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,309 approved or refused records
942Refused applications
8,367 approved · 942 refused · 696 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2013 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 Oct 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Decided0767/H/24
Extension to house
11 Mossend View West Calder West Lothian EH55 8RZ
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0768/H/24
Replacement of timber windows with uPVC (in retrospect)
344 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ER
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0769/A/24
Dsiplay of 2 illuminated fascia signs
5 The Parkway Retail Square Almondvale Parkway Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6ZW
Received 3 Oct 2024 - Decided0770/FUL/24
Erection of residential supported accommodation facility for young people
Land To South East Of Torcroft Raeburn Crescent Whitburn EH47 8HQ
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decided0771/FUL/24
Painting of shop canopy and fascia
2 - 6 Regent Centre Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HU
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decided0772/FUL/24
Installation of trolley hoops/bays, poles and roof plant
2 - 6 Regent Centre Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HU
Received 4 Oct 2024 - Decided0773/H/24
Two storey extension to house
43 Avalon Gardens Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow EH49 7QE
Received 7 Oct 2024 - Decided0776/H/24
First floor extension to house
Eastwood Cottage 39 Edinburgh Road Linlithgow EH49 6QT
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decided0777/FUL/24
Erection of a house and alterations & extension to derelict building to form workshop/garage
8 Entryfoot Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3AG
Received 8 Oct 2024 - Decided0779/H/24
Erection of balcony and extension of window opening
64 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0780/LBC/24
Listed building consent for the erection of balcony and extension of window opening
64 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0781/H/24
Erection of porch
13 Beechwood Park Carmondean Livingston EH54 8SN
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0782/H/24
Erection of rear balcony and stair to garden
Glencroft Woodend Armadale EH48 3AP
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0783/H/24
Extension to house
37 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BP
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0784/FUL/24
Erection of 2508sqm industrial units (use classes 4, 5 and 6), including site access, landscaping and associated works
Brucefield Park East Brucefield Industrial Park Livingston West Lothian
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0785/FUL/24
Erection of a 2.4m high security fence
1 Appleton Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EZ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0786/FUL/24
Installation of dispensing collection machine
25 King Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AZ
Received 9 Oct 2024 - Decided0787/FUL/24
Erection of a retail unit (Class 1A) with basement storage
133 Glasgow Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2QN
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided0788/FUL/24
Repositioning of outbuilding/stables, formation of an exercise area and installation of floodlights within curtilage and dispersal of soils and formation of hardstanding/yard on land outwith curtilage (in retrospect)
4 South East Longridge Crofts Longridge West Lothian EH47 8GD
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided0789/H/24
Extension to house
Netherlea Cottage Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LG
Received 10 Oct 2024 - Decided0791/FUL/24
Erection of extension to school
Bellsquarry Primary School 52 Calder Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AD
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decided0792/FUL/24
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and the erection of a fence (in retrospect)
97 Kingsfield Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SL
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decided0793/CLU/24
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alterations and extension to house
29 Snowdrop Path Calderwood East Calder EH53 0FN
Received 11 Oct 2024 - Decided0794/PAC/24
Proposal of application notice for a wind farm extension consisting of up to 3 turbines with 2 turbines at a maximum tip height of 180 metres and 1 turbine at a maximum tip height of 150 metres, access tracks and ancillary infrastructure
Land To South Of Drumduff Wind Farm Blackridge West Lothian
Received 11 Oct 2024
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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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