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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 dates9,714Searchable applications
238Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,269 approved or refused records
851Refused applications
7,418 approved · 851 refused · 620 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided1068/H/21
Extension to house and installation of velux windows
32 Newpark Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AE
Received 21 Oct 2021 - Decided1070/FUL/21
Erection of a house (substitution of house type as variation to planning permission 0259/FUL/18)
6A Main Street Westfield West Lothian EH48 3BU
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decided1071/H/21
Extension to house
39 Parklands Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RB
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decided1072/H/21
Formation of a dormer window
24 Meadowpark Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2SU
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decided1073/H/21
First floor extension to house
25 Bells Burn Avenue Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LD
Received 22 Oct 2021 - Decided1074/EIA/21
EIA screening opinion for a 17.13 Ha neighbourhood park with car parking, play areas, allotments, paths and associated works
Land South West Of Winchburgh Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decided1075/EIA/21
EIA screening opinion for a 9.9ha residential development
Burnhouse Farm Burnhouse Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6NB
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decided1077/FUL/21
Subdivision of warehouse to form 5 units (class 6) and formation of new doors
1C Greendykes Industrial Estate Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6PG
Received 25 Oct 2021 - Decided1078/H/21
Erection of a garage
Rhemore Lower Bathville Armadale West Lothian EH48 2JR
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided1079/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed gable window
6 Whiteside Farm Lane Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2UL
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided1080/H/21
Two storey extension to house and erection of a porch
13 Napier Avenue Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1DF
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided1081/H/21
Two storey extension to house
14 Haymarket Crescent Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AP
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided1082/H/21
Extension and alterations to house and installation of a flue
1 West Kip Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FA
Received 26 Oct 2021 - Decided1083/FUL/21
Subdivision of 3 units to form 6 industrial and/or storage units (class 5 and 6)
JB McBeans Units 1-3 Camps Industrial Estate East Calder West Lothian
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided1084/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed alteration to garage doors
4 Mallace Avenue Armadale EH48 2QE
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided1085/TCA/21
Branch removal and pruning of 1 Cherry tree
Land Adjacent To 2 Kennedie Park Mid Calder EH53 0RG
Received 27 Oct 2021 - Decided1086/H/21
Extension to house
30 Woodhead Grove Armadale West Lothian EH48 3HU
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided1087/CLU/21
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
5 Cameron Knowe Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6RL
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided1088/FUL/21
Application under Section 42 to develop land without complying with condition 4 (redundant energy storage units) and condition 10 (security lighting) of planning permission 0114/FUL/18 for erection of containerised electricity storage facility with battery storage units and access track (as amended) to allow variation of the conditions
Land West Of Mossbank Cottages Drumcross Bathgate
Received 28 Oct 2021 - Decided1089/LBC/21
Listed building consent for the replacement of 3 windows (change from softwood to hardwood) (in retrospect)
The Barn Gowanbank Westfield West Lothian FK1 2JY
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Decided1090/FUL/21
Erection of 1,650 sqm industrial building (class 5 and 6), to be sub-divided into 12 units
Plot 6D4 Uphall Business Park Uphall West Lothian EH52 5NT
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Decided1091/TPO/21
Felling of 1 Wild Pear tree
Hermand House 4 Hermand Estate West Calder EH55 8QZ
Received 29 Oct 2021 - Decided1092/LBC/21
Listed building consent for installation of zinc cast plaque on front elevation of building
Regal Community Theatre 24-34 North Bridge Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PS
Received 1 Nov 2021 - Decided1093/FUL/21
Continued siting of sales cabin for one year for use as artist workspace (in connection with public art strategy)
Land North West Of Tippet Knowes Court Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 1 Nov 2021
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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