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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 dates8,444Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,131 approved or refused records
774Refused applications
6,357 approved · 774 refused · 527 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Jan 2017 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0861/FUL/18
Sitting of a shipping container (in retrospect)
1 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 6 Sept 2018 - Decided0862/A/18
Display of two non-illuminated fascia signs and window vinyls
276A High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ER
Received 6 Sept 2018 - Decided0863/LBC/18
Listed building consent for the replacement of existing windows with timber double glazed sash and case windows
Crofthead House Nursing Home Sheephousehill Fauldhouse Bathgate West Lothian EH47 9EF
Received 6 Sept 2018 - Decided0866/FUL/18
Conversion and alteration of community building to form a dwellinghouse
3 School Lane Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AT
Received 6 Sept 2018 - Decided0868/H/18
Extensions to house and garage conversion
8 Friars Way Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AX
Received 7 Sept 2018 - Decided0869/H/18
Erection of a two storey side extension and a single story rear extension
42 Maryfield Park Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0SB
Received 7 Sept 2018 - Decided0870/H/18
Erection of a balcony and installation of patio doors
7 Craigengall Crofts Bridgehouse Westfield West Lothian EH48 3DZ
Received 7 Sept 2018 - Decided0871/FUL/18
Erection of a house and detached garage with upper floor ancillary residential accommodation
9 Craigengall Farm Crofts (Plot 4) Westfield BATHGATE EH48 3DZ
Received 7 Sept 2018 - Decided0872/A/18
Display of 13 fascia, free-standing, canopy and projecting signs (as varied from 20 signs) (in retrospect)
1 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 7 Sept 2018 - Decided0873/ACT/18
Prior approval for the installation of a lift
Fauldhouse Railway Station Fauldhouse West Lothian
Received 7 Sept 2018 - Decided0874/FUL/18
Formation of car wash facility including storage containers
Land At Breich Inn Breich West Calder West Lothian EH55 8JQ
Received 10 Sept 2018 - Decided0875/PO/18
Application for the modification of the planning obligation relating to planning permission 0047/FUL/16 and 0127/FUL/18 to substitute Plan 1 to reflect revised boundary of affordable housing land
Land 100M South Of A89 - Standhill South - Standhill Farm West Main Street Armadale West Lothian
Received 10 Sept 2018 - Decided0878/H/18
Removal of garage and erection of 1.5 storey extension
2 Baron's Hill Court Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SP
Received 11 Sept 2018 - Decided0879/FUL/18
Change of use from flat to full time commercial holiday let
10 The Beech Tree Bridgend Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PU
Received 11 Sept 2018 - Decided0880/FUL/18
Erection of a retractable canopy, alterations to windows and doors, replacement external lighting, partial re-rendering and formation of picnic areas within garden ground
Tally Ho Hotel 7 Main Street Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6TP
Received 12 Sept 2018 - Decided0881/A/18
Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign and an externally illuminated projecting sign
68 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AQ
Received 12 Sept 2018 - Decided0882/H/18
Erection of detached garage
7 Bickerton Crofts Hens Nest Road East Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8RX
Received 12 Sept 2018 - Decided0883/TCA/18
Dismantle and felling to ground of two large chamaecyparis lawsoniana ellwoodii
Old School House 4 The Loan Torphichen Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NF
Received 12 Sept 2018 - Decided0884/FUL/18
Alterations to an existing field access and creation of a hard standing
Land West Of Brookbank Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DH
Received 12 Sept 2018 - Decided0885/CLU/18
Certificate of lawfunless for the conversion of a garage
18 Inchcross Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HF
Received 12 Sept 2018 - Decided0887/MSC/18
Approval of matters specified in conditions relating to planning permission 1012/P/05 for enabling infrastructure works including earth works, extension to road, formation of vehicle access points, foot/cycle paths, drainage facilities, utility connections and landscape works
Block N Land At Winchburgh
Received 13 Sept 2018 - Decided0888/H/18
Extension to house
96A Lower Bathville Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2JS
Received 13 Sept 2018 - Decided0889/FUL/18
Temporary siting of a caravan (in retrospect)
8 Pardovan Holding Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 13 Sept 2018 - Decided0890/FUL/18
Siting of mobile snack van
1 Muir Road Houston Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DR
Received 13 Sept 2018
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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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