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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 dates8,785Searchable applications
243Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,425 approved or refused records
788Refused applications
6,637 approved · 788 refused · 557 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 2 Nov 2016 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0683/FUL/19
Change of use from workshop to house and extension to building
Hiltly Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PJ
Received 5 Jul 2019 - Decided0684/LBC/19
Listed building consent for the conversion and extension of workshop to form a house
Hiltly Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PJ
Received 5 Jul 2019 - Decided0686/TPO/19
Crown reduction of 3 trees
Land At Shoprite Ltd Shiel Walk Craigshill Livingston West Lothian EH54 5EH
Received 5 Jul 2019 - Decided0687/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion to habitable room
29 Renwick Court Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GR
Received 5 Jul 2019 - Decided0690/EIA/19
EIA screening opinion for residential development
Former Abattoir Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0691/FUL/19
Extension to church hall including ramped access
Armadale West Parish Church Academy Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JD
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0692/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1012/P/05 for infrastructure works including earth works, formation of roads, paths, crossing points and landscaping
Blocks J1 & J2 Land South East Of Church Place Winchburgh
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0693/FUL/19
Extension to dayroom
Blackfaulds Nursing Home Strathloanhead Westfield Falkirk West Lothian FK1 2JZ
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0694/H/19
Erection of conservatory
123 Houstoun Gardens Uphall West Lothian EH52 5PX
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0695/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed sunroom
9 Sheriffs Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SR
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0696/CLU/19
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed window and door alterations and first floor juliet balcony
42 Herd Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8QA
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0697/FUL/19
Siting of sales cabins
Murieston Park Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0698/FUL/19
Siting of static chalet home and storage container and erection of fence (in retrospect)
Land At Breich Inn Breich West Calder West Lothian EH55 8JQ
Received 8 Jul 2019 - Decided0700/H/19
Extension to house
45 Windyknowe Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2BU
Received 9 Jul 2019 - Decided0701/TPO/19
Felling of 5 trees and branch removal of 1 tree
Livingston Inn 2 Main Street Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AF
Received 9 Jul 2019 - Decided0702/H/19
Extension of house and installation of ramp
48 Loganlea Road Loganlea West Lothian EH55 8HT
Received 9 Jul 2019 - Decided0704/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 1012/P/05 for landscape works and formation of footpaths
Blocks J1 & J2 Land South East Of Church Place Winchburgh
Received 9 Jul 2019 - Decided0705/FUL/19
Infrastructure and enabling works including formation of roundabouts, access works, cycleway, footpaths, engineering works, car parking and landscaping
Former Bangour Hospital Estate Dechmont Broxburn West Lothian
Received 10 Jul 2019 - Decided0706/FUL/19
Erection of a 412sqm extension to workshop and associated car park
Livingston Mechanical Services Ltd Nettlehill Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DL
Received 10 Jul 2019 - Decided0708/FUL/19
Erection of rooftop telecommunication installation handrails and associated works
Morrisons Stores Carmondean Shopping Centre Carmondean Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PT
Received 11 Jul 2019 - Decided0710/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed extension to house
1 Limekilns Grove East Calder West Lothian EH53 0RW
Received 11 Jul 2019 - Decided0711/FUL/19
Erection of 8 warehouse units totalling 1256sqm and storage yard (class 6) with associated road layout and landscaping
Site At Camps Industrial Estate Kirknewton West Lothian
Received 11 Jul 2019 - Decided0712/FUL/19
Erection of sunroom at plot 11 (variation to planning permission 0252/FUL/18)
Site At Harthill Road Blackridge West Lothian
Received 11 Jul 2019 - Decided0713/MSC/19
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0918/P/15 for the erection of 89 houses and associated works (amendment to 0922/MSC/18)
Land South East Of Wellhead Farm Murieston Road Murieston Livingston West Lothian
Received 11 Jul 2019
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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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