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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 dates9,529Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,106 approved or refused records
840Refused applications
7,266 approved · 840 refused · 609 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 2016 to 2 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0110/FUL/21
Change of use from residential to self catering accommodation/holiday let (renewal of temporary permission 0295/FUL/19)
76 Falconer Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JF
Received 4 Feb 2021 - Decided0111/H/21
Conversion of stables to living room with external alterations and formation of roof terrace, spiral staircase and balustrade
Old Roman Catholic Presbytery 8 Burnbrae Road Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8DF
Received 4 Feb 2021 - Decided0112/LBC/21
Listed building consent for re-slating roof and replacement roof lights; repoint and repair stonework and replace cast iron rainwater goods and soil waste vent pipes
6 Union Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DY
Received 5 Feb 2021 - Decided0113/H/21
Erection of an outbuilding to be used as ancillary residential accommodation
22 Bankton Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EH
Received 5 Feb 2021 - Decided0114/FUL/21
Change of use from public house to 3 units for shops (class 1), financial, professional and other services (class 2), food and drink (class 3) and hot food takeaway use with associated alterations to building
The Clachan Bar 68 West Main Street Whitburn EH47 0QU
Received 5 Feb 2021 - Decided0115/H/21
Re-slate roof and replace roof lights; repoint and repair stonework and replace cast iron rainwater goods and soil waste vent pipes
6 Union Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7DY
Received 5 Feb 2021 - Decided0116/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion
35 Rowan Walk Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HL
Received 5 Feb 2021 - Decided0117/H/21
Erection of garden room
Glencairn 5 Forkneuk Road Uphall West Lothian EH52 6BL
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0118/FUL/21
Installation of a battery storage facility to provide rapid response grid balancing services (variation to 0617/FUL/17)
Land 85 Metres South Of Ralston Cottage Byres Brae Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1JY
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0119/FUL/21
Installation of retractable awning
11 The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AH
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0120/LBC/21
Listed building consent for the installation of a retractable awning
11 The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AH
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0121/H/21
Erection of front and rear dormer windows
32 Oakbank Place Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RG
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0122/A/21
Display of a canopy sign
11 The Cross Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AH
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0123/H/21
Extension to house
6 Murieston Valley Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HB
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0124/FUL/21
Erection of 3 wind turbines with maximum height to blade tip of 180m and 1 wind turbine with maximum height to blade tip of 150m and associated infrastructure (EIA Development) (as varied from 4 turbines all 180m)
Pearie Law West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LT
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0125/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed garden room
Rosemount 38 Ecclesmachan Road Uphall West Lothian EH52 6JR
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0126/H/21
Erection of portable studio/office
Southfield 4 Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BQ
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0127/H/21
Extension to house
39 Oakbank Avenue East Calder West Lothian EH53 0DS
Received 8 Feb 2021 - Decided0128/FUL/21
Erection of hack pen for existing falcon breeding and training facility
Northfield Nurseries Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9AA
Received 9 Feb 2021 - Decided0129/H/21
Erection of porch
52 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BW
Received 9 Feb 2021 - Decided0130/FUL/21
Siting of a container for use as a hot food takeaway
Unit 1 The Gateway Avonmill Industrial Estate Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7TP
Received 9 Feb 2021 - Decided0131/H/21
Extension to house
10B Polkemmet Road Greenrigg Harthill Shotts West Lothian ML7 5RF
Received 9 Feb 2021 - Decided0132/FUL/21
Change of use from shop (class 1) to blood donor centre (class 2)
118 Almondvale Centre Almondvale North Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6HT
Received 9 Feb 2021 - Decided0133/H/21
Front and rear extensions to house, erection of carport and formation of decking
121 Mount Pleasant Armadale West Lothian EH48 3HE
Received 9 Feb 2021
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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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