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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 dates9,464Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,048 approved or refused records
836Refused applications
7,212 approved · 836 refused · 603 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1069/H/20
Extension to house
9 Old Pit Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SL
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1070/TCA/20
Felling of 1 conifer tree
2 St Ninian's Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BP
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1071/AGR/20
Prior Notification for the erection of a 390sqm agricultural shed
Parkley Craigs Farm 1 Parkley Craigs Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PJ
Received 16 Nov 2020 - Decided1072/H/20
Extension to house
14 Hermand Gardens West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BT
Received 17 Nov 2020 - Decided1073/FUL/20
Change of use from retail (class 1) to trampoline park (class 11)
3 Almondvale South Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6RQ
Received 17 Nov 2020 - Decided1074/FUL/20
Erection of a 110sqm extension and formation of a storage area
Unit 11 Thistle Industrial Estate 155 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5AS
Received 17 Nov 2020 - Decided1076/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for a 8.23 Ha residential development with associated engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and open space
Calder Park Road Papermill Mid Calder
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided1078/EIA/20
EIA screening opinion for a residential development with associated engineering, infrastructure, landscaping and open space
Calder Park Road Papermill Mid Calder
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided1079/H/20
Replace timber sash & case single glazed windows with slimlite double glazed windows and replace balcony door
313 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AT
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided1080/LBC/20
Listed building consent for replacement windows and balcony door
313 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AT
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided1081/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for a residential development
Land To The West Of Upper Bathville And Harestanes Road Armadale West Lothian EH48
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided1082/EIA/20
EIA screening opinion for residential development with associated enginering, infrastructure, landscaping and open space
Land To The West Of Upper Bathville And Harestanes Road Armadale West Lothian EH48
Received 18 Nov 2020 - Decided1083/H/20
Attic conversion, installation of dormer window and rooflight
16 Burgess Hill Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BX
Received 19 Nov 2020 - Decided1084/FUL/20
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of a fence (in retrospect)
8 Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8EF
Received 19 Nov 2020 - Decided1085/H/20
Extension to house
6 Sutherland Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EB
Received 19 Nov 2020 - Decided1087/LBC/20
Listed building consent for the installation of retractable awning to shopfront and associated adjustments to existing shopfront signage
47 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 19 Nov 2020 - Decided1088/FUL/20
Installation of retractable awning
47 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 19 Nov 2020 - Decided1091/PAC/20
Proposal of application notice for the erection of a 39,483 sq m building(s) for class 4, 5 and 6 with associated works
Land At Neilson Square Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian
Received 20 Nov 2020 - Decided1092/PO/20
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 1012/P/05 to amend the partnership centre land transfer provisions
Site At Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 20 Nov 2020 - Decided1093/PO/20
Part discharge and modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0881/P/07 to discharge clause 5.4 & 5.5 and delete clause 5.6 relating to the transport works contribution
J4M8 Storage And Distribution Park Pottishaw Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EA
Received 20 Nov 2020 - Decided1094/PO/20
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 1015/1990 to carve out the access track land
Niddry Castle Bing Winchburgh
Received 20 Nov 2020 - Decided1095/A/20
Display of 1 fascia sign (in retrospect)
17 East End West Calder West Lothian EH55 8AB
Received 20 Nov 2020 - Decided1097/FUL/20
Change of use from public house to a ground floor flat
Almond Inn 1-3 West Main Street Blackburn West Lothian
Received 20 Nov 2020 - Decided1098/H/20
Extension to house and formation of dormer
3 Hermand Gardens West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BT
Received 20 Nov 2020
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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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