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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 dates10,974Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,412 approved or refused records
947Refused applications
8,465 approved · 947 refused · 699 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided0362/FUL/25
Erection of a 370sqm building of 3no Class 1A units
Land At Beveridge Square Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6QF
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided0363/FUL/25
Change of use of land from open space to private garden ground and erection of 1.8m high fence (in retrospect)
18 Clark Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AP
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided0365/FUL/25
Installation of 2no. air source heat pump units (in retrospect)
1-49 Sydney Street Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5HH
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided0366/H/25
Extension to house
15 Beech Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RB
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided0367/H/25
Erection of 1.8m fence/wall
41 Ben Lomond Drive East Calder West Lothian EH53 0UN
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided0368/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed removal of internal connections and alter services to turn 1 office into 5 separate self contained offices (Class 4)
64-66 North Bridge Street And 2-6 Mansefield Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PP
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided0369/P/25
Planning permission in principle for the change of use from joinery workshop to a house
Little Harwood West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LE
Received 13 May 2025 - Unknown0371/PNW/25
Prior notification for replacement windows
18 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided0372/FUL/25
Change of use of first floor of annexe from ancillary residential accommodation to short term let (in retrospect)
Whitehill Farm Wilkieston West Lothian EH27 8BB
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided0373/FUL/25
Installation of sprinkler tank and pump housing
Tesco Distribution Centre Carnegie Road Deans Industrial Estate Bathgate West Lothian EH54 8TB
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided0374/TPO/25
Felling of 3 Conifer trees
9 Madderfield Mews Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HD
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided0375/CLU/25
Certificate of Lawfulness for the existing siting of storage container
9 Westhall Gardens Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DL
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided0376/H/25
Conversion of detached garage into garden room
66 Bells Burn Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LB
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided0377/FUL/25
Erection of a 916sqm two storey extension to cosmetic surgery facilities
2 Garbett Road Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7DL
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided0378/FUL/25
Change of use from house to short term let during July and August
9 Miller Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6WP
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided0379/FUL/25
Installation of replacement windows and stonework repairs
Low Port Primary School Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HZ
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided0380/LBC/25
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows and stonework repairs
Low Port Primary School Blackness Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7HZ
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided0382/H/25
Installation of dormer window
26 Friars Way Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AY
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided0383/AGR/25
Prior Notification for upgrading of access track
Woodland Trust Site Knightride Woods Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8HL
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided0384/FUL/25
Change of use of first floor from former mosque (Class 10 non-residential institutions) to form 2 flats
Bathgate Mosque 5 Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1HE
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided0385/MSC/25
Approval of matters specified in Condition 1 of planning permission 0232/FUL/22 to extend residential development Block C of Winchburgh masterplan
Block C Land South Of B9080 Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6PX
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided0386/FUL/25
Conversion and extension of stables to form a house (Class 9) (amendment to 0309/FUL/24)
Pardovan House Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided0387/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed external slapping
Mounthooly Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6PY
Received 19 May 2025 - Decided0388/HZ/25
Hazardous substance consent for the storage of 190 of tonnes of liquefied flammable gases (propane and butane)
Johnston Fuels Ltd Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR
Received 19 May 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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