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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates9,369Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 7,964 approved or refused records
832Refused applications
7,132 approved · 832 refused · 593 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0708/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for existing raised decking
85 Meadowpark Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2ST
Received 21 Aug 2020 - Decided0709/H/20
Extension to house
8 Leishman Court Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3TL
Received 21 Aug 2020 - Decided0710/FUL/20
Erection of 3 houses with associated access road
5 Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NY
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0711/FUL/20
Alterations and conversion of leisure club to form 6 flats
The Club 14 Greendykes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AG
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0712/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
60 Gordon Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8JQ
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0713/H/20
Extension to house
63 Forrest Place Armadale West Lothian EH48 2GZ
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0714/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed replacement of conservatory with house extension
119 Foxknowe Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6TZ
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0715/H/20
Extension to house
4 Windyknowe Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2DY
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0716/A/20
Display of totem sign
Land To South Of Polbeth Village Hall Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8SD
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0717/A/20
Display of community information notice board
2a Polbeth Road Polbeth Road Polbeth West Calder West Lothian EH55 8SR
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0718/A/20
Display of community information notice board
Land West Of Pavilion Limefield Park Chapelton Drive Polbeth
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0719/A/20
Display of information sign for Limefield Falls
West Of Weir At Harwood Water Limefield Park Polbeth
Received 24 Aug 2020 - Decided0720/H/20
Remove existing double garage and erection of triple garage
5 Lower Ridge Court Main Street Longridge West Lothian EH47 8FE
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0721/H/20
Extension to house
13 Gowanbank Ladywell Livingston West Lothian EH54 6EN
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0722/H/20
Erection of garage (in retrospect)
7 Craigengar Avenue Uphall West Lothian EH52 5SQ
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0723/FUL/20
Application for use of substantially complete hot food take-away unit (sui generis) as a coffee shop/cafe (Class 3) with ancillary take-away and minor building alterations
Land At Bankton Centre Murieston East Road Livingston
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0724/LBC/20
Listed building consent for removal of existing gas boiler flue and soil vent through roof with new gas flue through external wall and new soil in-line slate vent in roof
19 Academy Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1LF
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0725/H/20
Extensions to house
106 South Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JU
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0726/H/20
Extension to house
Woodend House 10 Woodend Newton West Lothian EH52 6QB
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0727/CLU/20
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
2 West Cults Court Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SH
Received 26 Aug 2020 - Decided0731/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for a wind farm consisting of approximately 6 wind turbines
Camilty Plantation Harburn West Lothian
Received 27 Aug 2020 - Decided0734/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for 33 maturation warehouses, ancillary buildings, drainage, roads, parking, landscaping, pedestrian bridge across the A779, pedestrian bridge across national cycle network 75 and gates to control vehicular access across NCR75
Land To North And South Of Glen Turner Distillery Starlaw Road Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BW
Received 27 Aug 2020 - Decided0735/LBC/20
Listed building concent for conversion of outbuilding to form kitchen and bathroom, replacement of windows & doors, installation of new windows & doors, internal alterations, removal of stone urns. located in front garden.
5A Strawberry Bank Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BJ
Received 27 Aug 2020 - Decided0736/H/20
Conversion of outbuilding to form kitchen and bathroom, replacement of windows & doors, installation of new windows & doors, internal alterations and removal of stone urns.
5A Strawberry Bank Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BJ
Received 27 Aug 2020
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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