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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 dates9,172Searchable applications
245Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 7,775 approved or refused records
819Refused applications
6,956 approved · 819 refused · 584 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1245/FUL/19
Erection of a house with double garage and associated access and landscaping
Land At Camps Junction North Kirknewton
Received 19 Dec 2019 - Decided1246/A/19
Display of 1 totem sign and 2 illuminated fascia signs
2 Drovers Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5ND
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1248/FUL/19
Formation of four house plots
Aleanburn Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8EA
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1249/H/19
Erection of a dormer
3 Newpark Mews Bellsquarry West Lothian EH54 9GX
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1250/A/19
Display of 2 illuminated fascia signs and 1 illuminated projecting sign (in retrospect)
6 The Parkway Retail Square Almondvale Parkway Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6ZW
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1251/H/19
Extension to house
8 Etna Court Armadale West Lothian EH48 2TD
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1252/FUL/19
Construction of access road from B8047 to serve housing site H-WF1 with associated land regrading and drainage
Site H-WF1 Westfield West Lothian
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1254/FUL/19
Formation of 148 additional car parking spaces
Q2 Solutions (Formerly Quintiles) The Alba Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EG
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1256/LBC/19
Listed building consent for demolition of Villa 7 (Building 19)
Bangour Village Hospital Wester Dechmont Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1257/LBC/19
Listed building consent for the demolition of Villa 8 (Building 18)
Bangour Village Hospital Wester Dechmont Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1258/LBC/19
Listed building consent for the demolition of Villa 9 (Building 29)
Bangour Village Hospital Wester Dechmont Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1259/FUL/19
Change of use from woodland to outdoor woodland childrens nursery including classroom building and composting toilets
Tor Whitie (Land North Of Station House) Harburn West Calder West Lothian EH55 8RW
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1260/LBC/19
Listed building consent for the demolition of Villa 21 (Building 36)
Bangour Village Hospital Wester Dechmont Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1261/LBC/19
Listed building consent for alteration and partial demolition of Nurses Block (Building 22) to remove east wing
Bangour Village Hospital Wester Dechmont Dechmont EH52 6LL
Received 20 Dec 2019 - Decided1262/EIA/19
EIA screening request for alterations and extensions to treatment works
Land At Winchburgh Waste Water Treatment Works, South Of Craigton Place Winchburgh
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1263/H/19
Extension and alterations to house (as amended)
28 Player Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8RZ
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1264/H/19
Erection of house extensions and workshop and temporary siting of a storage container (part in retrospect)
Easdale Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BW
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1265/FUL/19
Erection of 8 flats forming part of a cross boundary development comprising 16 flats in total (8 flats in North Lanarkshire) with associated works
Land To The West Of The Beeches 23 East Main Street Greenrigg Harthill West Lothian ML7 5QW
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1266/FUL/19
Sub-division and alteration to industrial building to form 4 industrial units (class 4, 5 and 6) and erection of a palisade security fence (in retrospect)
Brock House Dunnet Way Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AD
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1267/H/19
Installation of a dormer window
5 Almond Grove East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HG
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1268/FUL/19
Change of use from museum (class 10) to house (class 9) and alterations, including formation of vehicular access
143 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EJ
Received 23 Dec 2019 - Decided1269/FUL/19
Erection of a 209 sqm staff facilities building
3 Starlaw Park Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SF
Received 24 Dec 2019 - Decided1270/FUL/19
Change of use of 14 parking spaces to hand car wash and valeting operation including the installation of a 12sqm storage container and canopy (as amendment to 1203/FUL/18)
Asda Livingston Almondvale North Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6NB
Received 24 Dec 2019 - Decided1271/A/19
Display of 7 fascia signs and 4 free standing dibond signs
Asda Livingston Almondvale North Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6NB
Received 24 Dec 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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