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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 dates9,146Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,750 approved or refused records
818Refused applications
6,932 approved · 818 refused · 583 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 2016 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1060/FUL/19
Siting of temporary cabin (in retrospect)
5 Pardovan Holding Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6QZ
Received 25 Oct 2019 - Decided1061/FUL/19
Change of use from house (class 9) to office (class 4)
12 Union Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1NS
Received 25 Oct 2019 - Decided1062/H/19
Extension to house and formation of dormers
7 Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 8EF
Received 25 Oct 2019 - Decided1067/FUL/19
Change of use from a refuse collection depot and recycling centre (sui generis) to bus depot (sui generis) (in retrospect)
8 Nairn Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AY
Received 28 Oct 2019 - Decided1068/FUL/19
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of boundary fence/gates
3 Mains Farm Place East Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8FG
Received 28 Oct 2019 - Decided1069/FUL/19
Erection of a 2.4 m high fence
2 Starlaw Business Park Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SF
Received 28 Oct 2019 - Decided1072/H/19
Erection of a conservatory (in retrospect)
5 Harrysmuir Road Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0NS
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided1073/CLU/19
Certificate of lawfulness for existing 370sqm storage/workshop unit
Totley Wells Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6QJ
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided1074/FUL/19
Erection of a house at plot 5 (substitution of house type from type B to type A) (variation to planning permission 0252/FUL/18)
Harthill Road Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3AL
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided1076/FUL/19
Alterations to shopfront and installation of automatic sliding doors
The Mill Centre 2A Sycamore Walk Bathgate Road Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7LG
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided1077/H/19
Erection of a double garage
Hetherington 10 James Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JG
Received 30 Oct 2019 - Decided1081/FUL/19
Change of use from class 1 (shop) to class 11 (gym/fitness studio)
13 Union Square West Calder West Lothian EH55 8EY
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decided1082/FUL/19
Extension to a private dog walking and exercise area and erection additional buiding
17 Houstoun Mains Holdings Uphall West Lothian EH52 6PA
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decided1083/P/19
Planning permission in principle for a 7.73 ha residential development with access, servicing, landscaping and associated works
Land At Appleton Parkway Roundabout School House Road Eliburn Livingston West Lothian
Received 31 Oct 2019 - Decided1084/H/19
Extension to house and erection of garage
Summerville 4A Newhouses Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AR
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided1085/H/19
Extension to house and alterations to garage
Elderside Long Dalmahoy Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8EF
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided1087/FUL/19
Change of use from storage & distribution unit (class 6) to a gymnasium (class 11)
13 Little Mill Business Park Avonmill Industrial Estate Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DA
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided1088/H/19
Extension to house
51 Fintry Avenue Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8EH
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided1089/H/19
Extension to house
111 Badger Park Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5GY
Received 1 Nov 2019 - Decided1090/FUL/19
Siting of portable building for use as changing facility
39 Main Street Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8AU
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided1091/H/19
Conversion of garage to form ancillary residential accommodation
Burnside Cottage Burnside Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PX
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided1092/PO/19
Discharge of Section 50 Agreement relating to planning permission 0235/P/86 for the erection of a house
Pardovan Lodge Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided1093/H/19
Extension to house
57 Priory Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BP
Received 4 Nov 2019 - Decided1094/FUL/19
Importation of soils to create platform for horticulture production
Land To North West Of Auchenhard Farm Addiewell West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PJ
Received 4 Nov 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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