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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 dates9,704Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,260 approved or refused records
851Refused applications
7,409 approved · 851 refused · 619 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1043/H/21
Erection of a shed and raised decking (in retrospect)
20 Griffith Drive Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0BL
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1044/FUL/21
Unrestricted class 1 retail use (removing food and drink restriction on planning permission 1453/P/03) and erection of 4m high acoustic barrier to service yard, trolley bays and plant zone
Units 5 & 6 Stockbridge Retail Park Falkirk Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7AS
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1045/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed garage conversion
7 Rigghouse View Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SE
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1046/H/21
Extension to house and outbuilding.
7 Murieston Way Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AR
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1047/FUL/21
Siting of a static caravan
3 Muirhall Mains Station Road Addiewell West Lothian EH55 8NN
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1048/A/21
Display of 2 illuminated and 6 non-illuminated fascia signs
4 Almondvale West Retail Park Almondvale Avenue Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6QX
Received 12 Oct 2021 - Decided1049/H/21
Erection of a replacement pigeon loft
55 Parkhead Crescent West Calder West Lothian EH55 8AX
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided1050/FUL/21
Erection of a hut for recreational purposes and erection of composting toilet and wood store (in retrospect)
Site At Hartwood Road West Calder West Lothian
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided1051/H/21
Extension to house
Pardovan Lodge Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided1052/FUL/21
Erection of two timber field shelters for horses and sheep (in retrospect)
Land At Cannop Crescent (North Of Stoneheap Crofts) Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8EH
Received 13 Oct 2021 - Decided1053/P/21
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house
Land To East Of 57 Main Street Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8BY
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Decided1054/H/21
Extension to house and erection of outbuilding
2 Riverbank Court East Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0FD
Received 14 Oct 2021 - Decided1055/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for an underground private wire grid connection located within road/footway/verge from Camilty wind farm to land adjacent to Drumcross substation, for the export of the electricity generated, and erection of a small building adjacent to the substation
Land Extending From Camilty Wind Farm, Harburn To Drumcross Substation, Bathgate West Lothian
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided1056/FUL/21
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of a boundary fence (in retrospect)
74 Stewart Drive Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0EW
Received 15 Oct 2021 - Decided1058/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed partial garage conversion & formation of window in gable
8 Nethershiel Terrace Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GJ
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided1059/A/21
Display of an illuminated fascia sign
117 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EJ
Received 18 Oct 2021 - Decided1060/PAC/21
Proposal of application notice for a battery energy storage system
Land South Of Drumshoreland Road Pumpherston
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided1061/PO/21
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 1044/P/08 to remove cemetery contribution
Land At Armadale Station Southdale Armadale
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided1062/H/21
Extension to house
208 Clement Rise Dedridge West Lothian EH54 6LR
Received 19 Oct 2021 - Decided1063/FUL/21
Change of use and alterations to bank (class 2 ) to form a ground floor flat
55 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Unknown1064/LBC/21
Listed building consent for internal alterations and alterations to doors and windows to form ground floor flat
55 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 20 Oct 2021 - Decided1065/FUL/21
Erection of a replacement house and outbuilding
11 Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NS
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided1066/P/21
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a 2-storey office annex
Bramble Cottage 15 Edinburgh Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QT
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided1067/H/21
First floor extension to house
55 Deanburn Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HA
Received 21 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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