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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 dates10,963Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,401 approved or refused records
946Refused applications
8,455 approved · 946 refused · 699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided0306/AGR/25
Prior notification/approval for agricultural building
Land To West Of 8 West Mains Crofts West Calder EH55 8FL
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided0307/FUL/25
Alteration to road layout, the erection of four bus shelters and street furniture, change of use of land to provide community open space, erection of a community shelter and associated landscaping and sustainable drainage systems (SuDS)
Land At And Adjacent To Main Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RT
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided0308/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of a window
7 Station Road Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3AH
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided0309/FUL/25
Erection of a modular outbuilding for golf tuition
Bathgate Golf Club Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided0310/H/25
Installation of conservation style roof lights
Rockville Lodge 5 Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AJ
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided0311/FUL/25
Change of use from retail shop (Class 1A) unit to form short term let accommodation (Class 7) with associated alterations to building
57-61 South Bridge Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1TJ
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0312/FUL/25
Erection of a storage unit for existing landscaping business and tending of agricultural land
Land To South West Of Baads Mill Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LG
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0313/FUL/25
Erection of a modular cabin to serve as banking hub, including access area and anti-ram raid bollards
Morrisons Linkston Way Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XN
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0314/A/25
Display of 1 illuminated internal sign, 1 internal digital screen sign, 4 vinyl fascia signs and 2 facade vinyl signs (all for banking hub)
Morrisons Linkston Way Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XN
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0315/FUL/25
Change of use from Storage and Distribution (Class 6) to General Industrial (Class 5) and external alterations
2A Drovers Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5ND
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0316/FUL/25
Installation of a ground mounted 1-1.7MW solar photovoltaic array together with associated infrastructure and landscaping
Brewster Brothers Recycling Centre Drumshoreland Road Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0LG
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0317/TCA/25
Crown lifting of 1 Sycamore tree
45B West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RQ
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided0318/H/25
Two storey extension to house
11 Clarendon Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AW
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0319/FUL/25
Application under Section 42 for same development as planning permission 0062/FUL/24 (construction of temporary access track and associated works to facilitate construction of consented battery energy storage system (BESS)) without compliance with condition 1 (temporary road access) to allow permanent use of access
Land West Of Mossbank Cottages Drumcross Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1JX
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0320/FUL/25
Wind farm extension consisting of 3 wind turbines, two with blade tip height of up to 180 metres and one with a blade tip height of up to 149.9 metres, access tracks and ancillary infrastructure (EIA Development)
Land To South Of Drumduff Wind Farm Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3SD
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0323/H/25
Erection of a boundary fence
5 Canal Court Threemiletown West Lothian EH49 6LZ
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0324/FUL/25
Installation of external extractor flue
8 Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AG
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0325/LBC/25
Listed building consent for the installation of a new boiler and a flue
Burgh Halls 10A The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AH
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0326/FUL/25
Installation of a replacement flue
Burgh Halls The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EY
Received 28 Apr 2025 - Decided0328/H/25
Installation of raised decking and alterations to ground floor flat
24 Philip Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BH
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decided0329/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for existing garage conversion (In retrospect)
62 Braeside Park Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0SN
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decided0330/FUL/25
Erection of a house
20 Lovells Glen Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7TD
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decided0331/FUL/25
Erection of a house
18 Lovells Glen Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7TD
Received 29 Apr 2025 - Decided0332/H/25
Erection of a porch
4 Rigghouse Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SG
Received 29 Apr 2025
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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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