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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 dates9,637Searchable applications
237Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,202 approved or refused records
845Refused applications
7,357 approved · 845 refused · 616 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided0835/A/21
Display of 1 town welcome sign
Land At Torphichen Road (Adjacent To 22A Ballencrieff Toll) Bathgate West Lothian
Received 5 Aug 2021 - Decided0836/A/21
Display of 1 town welcome sign
Land At Whitburn Road (Adjacent To SIBCAS) Bathgate West Lothian
Received 5 Aug 2021 - Decided0838/PO/21
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0349/FUL/11 and 0337/P/13 to remove town centre improvements contribution
Site J & Y1 Mossend West Calder EH55 8PV
Received 5 Aug 2021 - Decided0839/PO/21
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0875/FUL/14 and 0876/P/14 to remove town centre improvements contribution
Site Y2A, Y2B & Y3 Mossend West Calder EH55 8PV
Received 5 Aug 2021 - Decided0840/FUL/21
Partial demolition of The Mill Centre, retention and alterations of units 1-6 (including sub-division of unit 4-6 back to 3 individual units), change of use of unit 4 to hot food takeaway, change of use of unit 5 to betting office (sui generis), erection of 20 flats and associated works
The Mill Centre Sycamore Walk Bathgate Road Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7LG
Received 5 Aug 2021 - Decided0841/FUL/21
Erection of a house (variation to 1242/FUL/19)
Plot 17 Breichwater Place Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9LU
Received 5 Aug 2021 - Decided0842/H/21
Extension to ground floor flat
The Elms 43 Station Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5QR
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided0843/H/21
Extension to house and formation of terrace
88 Priory Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BS
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided0844/H/21
Extension to house
43 Kettil'stoun Road Linlithgow Bridge West Lothian EH49 7QR
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided0845/H/21
Extension to house
72 Aitken Orr Drive Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5EZ
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided0846/H/21
Formation of 2 dormers
15 Glass Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6SH
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided0847/TCA/21
Landscape management: hard pruning of laurel hedge to 2m height or less; removal of 2 self-seeded sycamores; crown lifting to 5.2 metres as required for traffic access of 1 no. Lime, Yew, Cherry and Horse Chestnut, and 2 no. columnar Cypress
Middleton Hall Care Home Middleton Avenue Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DQ
Received 6 Aug 2021 - Decided0848/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed replacement dormer finishes, replacement windows and doors and alterations to openings and internal works
41 Oatlands Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AS
Received 9 Aug 2021 - Decided0849/H/21
Extension to house
3 Westcraigs Park Blackridge West Lothian EH48 3RY
Received 9 Aug 2021 - Decided0850/A/21
Display of non - illuminated fascia signs and hoardings
Almondvale Road Livingston EH54 6GB
Received 9 Aug 2021 - Decided0851/FUL/21
Installation of car wash including siting of a portacabin, canopy and screen fencing
Morrison 1 Retail Park South Almondvale Road Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6GH
Received 9 Aug 2021 - Decided0852/H/21
Installation of 2 air source heat pumps
Wester Woodside Cottage Torphichen West Lothian EH49 6QE
Received 10 Aug 2021 - Decided0853/A/21
Display of a double sided free standing sign board
13 Simpson Place Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7FN
Received 10 Aug 2021 - Decided0854/H/21
Installation of dormer
5 Kingsfield Steadings Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7NY
Received 12 Aug 2021 - Decided0855/H/21
Extension to house
44 Oatlands Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AS
Received 12 Aug 2021 - Decided0856/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed provision of hard standing for car parking spaces
34 Inchmuir Road Blackburn West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 12 Aug 2021 - Decided0857/EIA/21
EIA screening opinion for a 18MW solar farm with associated access and infrastructure
Land At Selms Muir Kirknewton EH27 8DW
Received 13 Aug 2021 - Decided0858/H/21
Replacement Porch
37 Highfield Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BG
Received 13 Aug 2021 - Decided0859/FUL/21
Application under section 42 to delete condition 1 of planning permission 0199/FUL/20 (timescales for development)
Drumshoreland Bing Pumpherston West Lothian
Received 13 Aug 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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