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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 dates9,688Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,246 approved or refused records
849Refused applications
7,397 approved · 849 refused · 618 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1017/H/21
Extension to house
6 Main Street Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6RA
Received 4 Oct 2021 - Decided1018/FUL/21
Change of use from class 1 retail shop to class 2 financial, professional & other services
34C West Main Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0QX
Received 4 Oct 2021 - Decided1019/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed extension to house and installation of patio doors
61 Ambrose Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JT
Received 4 Oct 2021 - Decided1020/AGR/21
Prior notification for the erection of an agricultural building
Easter Gormyre Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NA
Received 5 Oct 2021 - Decided1021/FUL/21
Construction of forest road for timber transfer facility
Land At Harthill Road Fauldhouse West Lothian
Received 5 Oct 2021 - Decided1022/FUL/21
Change of use from domestic garage to dog grooming salon (class 2) and alterations to garage (amendment to 0707/FUL/20)
44 Lochshot Place Eliburn West Lothian EH54 6SJ
Received 5 Oct 2021 - Decided1023/H/21
Extension to house and installation of fence and gate
10 Back Station Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AD
Received 6 Oct 2021 - Decided1026/H/21
Two storey extension to house
25 Waverley Crescent Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 8JL
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decided1027/H/21
Extension to house
3 Kirknewton Court Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BT
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decided1028/AGR/21
Prior notification for the erection of a 989sqm agricultural building
Bonnytoun Farm Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LP
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decided1029/FUL/21
Erection of 4 buildings each capable of being subdivided into 4 units for business (class 4), general industry (class 5) and storage/distribution (class 6) uses with car parking and associated works
Land To East Of 43 Inchmuir Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 7 Oct 2021 - Decided1030/H/21
Erection of a porch
11 Almondell Terrace East Calder West Lothian EH53 0EZ
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Decided1031/H/21
Extension to house
12 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BW
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Decided1032/H/21
Installation of a dormer window and porch to rear elevation
7 Melbourne Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5HH
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Decided1033/FUL/21
Substitution of house types on plots 120 - 122 and changes to footpaths, open space and parking (as amendment to permission 0826/FUL/18)
Land At Deans South Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8DS
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Decided1034/P/21
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 11,148 sqm of business (class 4), general industry (class 5) and storage & distribution (class 6) buildings for use as film studio/stage development, including access, car parking, landscaping and associated works (amended description)
The Pyramids Business Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2EH
Received 8 Oct 2021 - Decided1035/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed alteration to garage doors
22 Baxter Road Calderwood West Lothian EH53 0QF
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided1036/P/21
Planning permission in principle for a 6.91 Ha residential development with associated infrastructure, landscaping, open space and engineering works
Land East Of New Calder Mill Road Mid Calder West Lothian
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided1037/H/21
Extension to house
594 Leyland Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XE
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided1038/H/21
Installation of external stair to balcony
8 West Harwood Crofts West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LT
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided1039/FUL/21
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and formation of driveway
15 Staunton Rise Dedridge West Lothian EH54 6PB
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided1040/H/21
Replacement and extension of existing decking
42 Deanburn Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EZ
Received 11 Oct 2021 - Decided1041/TPO/21
Crown reduction of no greater than 20% of 1 Elm tree
Rear Of 2 Kaim Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1ER
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1042/H/21
Extension to house
11 Badger Park Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5GY
Received 12 Oct 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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