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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 dates8,466Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,153 approved or refused records
776Refused applications
6,377 approved · 776 refused · 527 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0921/H/18
Erection of a 1.8m fence and gate
9 Bridge Place Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RR
Received 21 Sept 2018 - Decided0922/MSC/18
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0918/P/15 (Appeal ref : PPA-400-2071) for the erection of 280 houses with roads, parking, SUDS, landscaping and associated works
Land South East Of Wellhead Farm Murieston Road Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 21 Sept 2018 - Decided0923/MSC/18
Approval of matters specified in conditions of permission 0064/P/15 for the erection of a house with garage and access road (as amended)
Land East Of 21 Moriston Drive Murieston Valley Murieston Livingston EH54 9HT
Received 21 Sept 2018 - Decided0924/LBC/18
Listed building consent for internal alterations for conversion to assembly and leisure use (class 11), installation of a fan, display of signage and repainting of windows and door
18 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AE
Received 21 Sept 2018 - Decided0925/FUL/18
Change of use and sub-division of public house (first floor and attic) to form 3 flats
57-59 Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PB
Received 21 Sept 2018 - Decided0926/FUL/18
Change of use and alterations to flat above public house to form 5 bedrooms for short-term let, extension to public house and formation of external garden seating area
28-30 King Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AX
Received 21 Sept 2018 - Decided0927/FUL/18
Erection of 18 houses with associated infrastructure and landscaping (as amended)
Land To South East Of Tarbert Drive Tarbert Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 24 Sept 2018 - Decided0928/FUL/18
Erection of toilet block
Five Sisters Zoo West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 24 Sept 2018 - Decided0929/CLU/18
Certificate of lawfulness for the erection of a conservatory
35 Tantallon Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AT
Received 24 Sept 2018 - Decided0930/H/18
Extension to a house
164 Maryfield Park Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0SD
Received 24 Sept 2018 - Decided0931/A/18
Display of 10 illuminated and non-illuminated facia signs
Toysrus Almondvale South Retail Park Almondvale Road Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6XG
Received 24 Sept 2018 - Decided0932/FUL/18
Conversion, alteration and extension of community building to form a dwellinghouse
3 School Lane Mid Calder EH53 0AT
Received 24 Sept 2018 - Decided0933/CLU/18
Extension to a house
60 Russell Drive Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2GG
Received 25 Sept 2018 - Decided0934/H/18
Extension to a house
North Mains Cottage Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4NP
Received 25 Sept 2018 - Decided0935/P/18
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house
West Port Cottage Preston Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AU
Received 25 Sept 2018 - Decided0936/FUL/18
Change of use from shop to dwelling including installation of dormers
23 Beresford Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6DE
Received 25 Sept 2018 - Decided0937/CLU/18
Certificte of lawfulness for the alterations to fit tiled roof of existing conservatory
50 Overton Crescent East Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RY
Received 25 Sept 2018 - Decided0938/FUL/18
Change of use from public open space to garden ground
54 Wester Bankton Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9DY
Received 25 Sept 2018 - Decided0939/PO/18
Discharge of planning obligation attached to application 0827/FUL/99
5 Pardovan Holding Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QZ
Received 26 Sept 2018 - Decided0940/H/18
Extension to a house
58 Ochiltree Crescent Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0RT
Received 26 Sept 2018 - Decided0941/LBC/18
Erection of a stone boundary wall with gate pillars (in restrospect)
Clarendon Stables 30A Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 27 Sept 2018 - Decided0942/H/18
Erection of a stone boundary wall with gate pillars (in restrospect)
Clarendon Stables 30A Manse Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AR
Received 27 Sept 2018 - Decided0943/FUL/18
Renewal of planning permission 0778/FUL/12 for the conversion of stables to a house
Pardovan House Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 27 Sept 2018 - Decided0944/FUL/18
Construction of a memorial cairn
23 Letham Road Pumpherston Livingston West Lothian EH53 0NR
Received 27 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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