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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 dates11,021Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,454 approved or refused records
953Refused applications
8,501 approved · 953 refused · 701 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
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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
- Decided0546/H/25
Removal of conservatory and construction of extensions to house
50 Spottiswoode Gardens Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0JU
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided0548/PO/25
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0701/FUL/20 to allow affordable housing provision by commuted sum only
Site K Mossend West Calder EH55 8PV
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided0549/H/25
Extension to flat
15 Park Terrace Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8AB
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Unknown0551/TPO/25
Felling and trimming of Common Lime, Norway Maple, Scots Pine, Sycamore and Poplar trees
Land To Rear Of 98 Columbia Avenue Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 6PT
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided0552/H/25
Extension to house
10 Elizabeth Gardens Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8BP
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided0554/TPO/25
Crown reduction of 1 Oak tree
14 Priors Grange Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4QN
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Decided0555/FUL/25
Installation of a fixed canvas awning with metal edging
40 West Main Street Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0QX
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Decided0556/H/25
Erection of garden room
5 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Decided0557/AGR/25
Prior notification/approval for an agricultural building
6 Blackburn Hall Holdings Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7AB
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided0558/FUL/25
Installation of external wall insulation, and installation of solar panels (as amended)
1 Craigengar Park Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5NY
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided0559/FUL/25
Alterations to existing workshop to form ancillary kitchen accommodation
43A High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided0560/H/25
Extension to house
22 Pinewood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NN
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided0562/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage to habitable room
17 Balfour Drive Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FG
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decided0565/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
9 Harrysmuir Gardens Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0PJ
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided0568/TPO/25
Felling of 1 Pine tree and 1 Elm tree and trimming of low branches of various trees overhanging road
Land At Preston House Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PZ
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided0569/FUL/25
Erection of 10 houses with associated works (remix of former affordable area replacing 19 units with 9 units and substitution of plot 42 replacing Belmont with Brampton)
Site K Mossend West Calder EH55 8PV
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided0570/FUL/25
Change of use from open space to private garden ground (in retrospect)
154 Norman Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6NN
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided0573/PAC/25
Proposal of application notice for circa 8.3ha residential-led uses of a mix, range and type of homes, with potential forancillary or supporting elements appropriate to the site's location and placemaking requirement
Kirkton North Livingston West Lothian EH54 7FZ
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided0574/H/25
Extension to house
2 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided0575/LBC/25
Listed building consent for extension to house
2 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided0576/H/25
Erection of a pergola (in retrospect)
43 Ambrose Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JT
Received 21 Jul 2025 - Decided0579/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed conversion of garage to form Playroom/Office and Pantry
16 Beaton Drive Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FS
Received 22 Jul 2025 - Decided0580/H/25
Erection of a porch
15 Bughtknowes Drive Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4DP
Received 23 Jul 2025 - Decided0582/TPO/25
Removal of branch within crown of 1 Sycamore Tree
Land To Rear Of 29 Philip Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BH
Received 23 Jul 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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