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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 dates9,885Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,426 approved or refused records
864Refused applications
7,562 approved · 864 refused · 631 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Jan 2016 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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
- Decided0075/FUL/22
Upgrade of fuel filling station with demolition of existing forecourt shop and roller carwash, erection of new 170sqm forecourt shop, 2no self-serve powerwash bays, 2 electric vehicle charging bays and boundary fencing
1 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1BA
Received 4 Feb 2022 - Decided0076/FUL/22
Erection of a 2.4m high security fence and formation of yards
5 Dunlop Square Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8SB
Received 4 Feb 2022 - Decided0077/FUL/22
Extension and change of use from public house to form 3 houses
The Ferns 24 Fernbank Ladywell Livingston West Lothian EH54 6DT
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0078/H/22
Replacement of timber window with uPVC to front elevation of dwelling house
30 St Magdalenes Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AQ
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0079/H/22
Removal of bay window and extension to house
22 Bankton Way Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9EG
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0080/FUL/22
Change of use from Class 4 (Business) to Sui Generis (Sale/Hire of Motor Vehicles), installation of wash bay, garage door on east elevation of building and formation of vehicle sales hard standing area
2 Drovers Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5ND
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0081/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed sun room
43 Ossian Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HL
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0083/FUL/22
Siting of 33 holiday lodges and formation of new access, internal roads and footpaths, surface water and foul drainage, related infrastructure and landscaping
The Paddocks Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DW
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0084/H/22
Extension to house
26 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0085/FUL/22
Change of use from offices (Class 4) to specialist educational institution for the performing arts (Class 10)
Barbara Ritchie House 4 Almondvale Business Park Almondvale Way Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6GB
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0086/FUL/22
Change of use from retail/professional services to form 3 flats
1A Bloomfield Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1PB
Received 7 Feb 2022 - Decided0087/CLU/22
Certificate of Lawfulness for proposed side extension to house
74 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JW
Received 8 Feb 2022 - Decided0088/H/22
First floor extension to house
1 Caldercruix Crescent Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 7FS
Received 8 Feb 2022 - Decided0089/H/22
Extension to garage (in retrospect)
Yetholm 130 Sheephousehill Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9EL
Received 8 Feb 2022 - Decided0090/EIA/22
EIA screeing opinion request for office building and associated yard, 1 wind turbine 75m high to hub (800kW) and solar PV array consisting of 22 blocks of panels (500-700kW)
Land To West Of 34 Inchmuir Road Blackburn West Lothian EH48 2EP
Received 9 Feb 2022 - Decided0091/FUL/22
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 2m high fence and gate
92 Pinebank Ladywell Livingston West Lothian EH54 6EX
Received 9 Feb 2022 - Decided0092/H/22
Extension to house
124 Houstoun Gardens Uphall West Lothian EH52 5PX
Received 9 Feb 2022 - Decided0093/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed erection of a greenhouse
The Barn Gowanbank Westfield West Lothian FK1 2JY
Received 10 Feb 2022 - Decided0094/H/22
Extension to house and alteration to dormer to form a juliet balcony
69 Parklands Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RD
Received 10 Feb 2022 - Decided0095/EIA/22
EIA screening opinion for a 18MW solar farm and batter energy storage system with associated access and infrastructure
Land At Selms Muir Kirknewton EH27 8DW
Received 11 Feb 2022 - Decided0096/FUL/22
Erection of a house
Middlerigg Farm Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HH
Received 11 Feb 2022 - Decided0097/LBC/22
Listed building consent for the installation of a satellite dish (in retrospect)
23 St Magdalenes Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AQ
Received 11 Feb 2022 - Decided0098/H/22
Extension to house and alterations
67 Bisset Place Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2XR
Received 11 Feb 2022 - Decided0100/FUL/22
Application under Section 42 for the variation of condition 2 of planning permission 1048/FUL/18 to replace the word 'output' after "48MW Thermal", to "input"
Site At Nairn Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian
Received 11 Feb 2022
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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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