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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 dates9,671Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,231 approved or refused records
849Refused applications
7,382 approved · 849 refused · 617 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0964/TCA/21
Woodland management: felling of 1 no. Yew and 5 no. Ash trees; reduce 1 no. Horse Chestnut to tall stump; pruning and dead wooding to 12 other treesFelling of 1 cyprus and 5 ash trees and various works to 13 trees
Middleton Hall Care Home Middleton Avenue Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DQ
Received 17 Sept 2021 - Decided0965/A/21
Display of 3 non-illuminated fascia signs and 1 poster display case (as varied from 5 non-illuminated fascia signs and 1 projecting sign)
Lloyds Tsb Scotland Plc 75 East Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5EE
Received 17 Sept 2021 - Decided0966/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
16 Woodrush Glade Adambrae Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JY
Received 17 Sept 2021 - Decided0967/H/21
Extension to house
26 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BW
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0968/FUL/21
Erection of 2 toilet blocks (in retrospect)
Five Sisters Zoo Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0969/H/21
Installation of cabrio style velux roof windows
1 Springrove Cottages Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1ES
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0970/H/21
Erection of outbuilding as linked ancillary residential accommodation
9 Calderhall Crescent East Calder West Lothian EH53 0BU
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0971/FUL/21
Change of use from overflow car park for zoo to storage compound and erection of 2.4m high boundary fence (in retrospect)
Land To South Of Five Sisters Zoo Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0972/H/21
Erection of an outbuilding (in retrospect)
6 Hillend Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6WD
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0973/FUL/21
Change of use from agricultural land to form 2 dog exercise fields, erection of boundary fencing and 2 shelters and formation of 2 car parking areas (part in retrospect)
Land At Kepscaith Farm Whitburn West Lothian EH47 9AL
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0974/FUL/21
Application under Section 42 to develop land without complying with condition 11 (occupancy and disposal restriction) of planning permission in principle P497/1982 for hatchery with adjacent dwellinghouse for production of game birds
Southwood Head Harburn West Calder West Lothian EH55 8RD
Received 20 Sept 2021 - Decided0978/H/21
Extension to house
63 Pentland Avenue Boghall Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1HP
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided0979/FUL/21
Installation of UPVC windows (in retrospect)
Masonic Lodge Market Lane Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AJ
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided0981/FUL/21
Formation of beer garden to front and side of public house
46-48 Calder Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AA
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided0982/H/21
Alterations to house (amendment to permission ref: 0593/H/20)
Highrig Craigs Court Torphichen EH48 4NU
Received 21 Sept 2021 - Decided0984/MSC/21
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0524/P/09 for the erection of a house (substitution of house type on plot 4 from Park 148.1E to Point 185E as variation to approval 0444/MSC/19)
Area OSf Calderwood East Calder West Lothian
Received 22 Sept 2021 - Decided0985/FUL/21
Erection of a house with associated works
3 Calder House Road Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0JZ
Received 22 Sept 2021 - Decided0986/H/21
Erection of a porch
Muirhouse Dykes Steading Addiewell West Lothian EH55 8HY
Received 22 Sept 2021 - Decided0987/FUL/21
Formation of a hardstanding for car parking and erection of a 2.1m high fence
34 Inchmuir Road Blackburn West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 23 Sept 2021 - Decided0988/FUL/21
Erection of a house (variation to 1242/FUL/19)
Plot 27 & 28 Breichwater Place Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9LU
Received 23 Sept 2021 - Decided0989/H/21
Extension to house
12 Old School Avenue Brucefield Livingston West Lothian EH55 8FA
Received 23 Sept 2021 - Decided0990/H/21
Extension to and alterations to house and installation of dormers windows
30 Main Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RT
Received 23 Sept 2021 - Decided0991/FUL/21
Erection of a 326sqm grit shelter
Aldi Distribution Centre Pottishaw Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2FB
Received 23 Sept 2021 - Decided0992/FUL/21
Variation of planning application 1149/FUL/19 to amend the roof/stair design on approved flats
Site At Hunter Road Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian
Received 23 Sept 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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