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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 dates9,917Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,454 approved or refused records
864Refused applications
7,590 approved · 864 refused · 635 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0229/H/22
Extension to house
5 Mosside Road Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7DN
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0230/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for existing external store, pergola and garden room
29 Reid Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2TY
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0232/FUL/22
Application under Section 42 to vary condition 3 (timescale for submission of further applications) of planning permission 1012/P/05
Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0233/H/22
Installation of replacement doors and windows
1 Rock Cottages The Square Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4LY
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0234/AGR/22
Prior notification for the formation of forestry access roads
Selm Muir Wood Forest Road Spur Location
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0235/P/22
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 11 houses with associated works (as amended)
Land To East Of 11 Raw Holdings Mansefield East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HZ
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0236/FUL/22
Erection of 2 houses (variation to 1242/FUL/19)
Plot 33 & 34 Breichwater Place Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9LU
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0237/H/22
Extension to house
44 Ossian Drive Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HL
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0238/H/22
Erection of garage
Castleview House 9 Easter Longridge Crofts Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8AA
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0239/FUL/22
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground, erection boundary fence and erection of shed (in retrospect)
Land To West Of 108 Quarry Road Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9EZ
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0240/FUL/22
Change of use of shop and upper flat with extensions and alterations to building to form 8 flats
64-66 Charles Crescent Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1JG
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0241/P/22
Planning permission in principle for a 12.3 ha residential development with associated infrastructure, landscaping and engineering works
Land At Burnhouse Farm Burnhouse Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6NB
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0242/H/22
Extension to house and erection of a detached double garage
Old Clapperton Hall East Calder West Lothian EH52 5PE
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0243/H/22
First floor extension to house
11 Middlewood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AZ
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0244/FUL/22
Erection of a house with associated works
Dechmont House Woodlands Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AT
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0245/FUL/22
Change of use from class 1 (shop) to hot food takeway (sui generis), installation of flue and external alterations to building
1-3 St Paul's Drive Bathville Armadale West Lothian EH48 2LX
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0266/H/22
Extension to house with remodelled garage and rear entrance (Resubmission of 1169/H/21)
129 Sheriffs Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7SR
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0247/H/22
Erection of a porch
48 Springfield Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JJ
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0248/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed extension to house
101 Avalon Gardens Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7PL
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0249/FUL/22
Change of use from retail storeroom to form band practice/live music room (renewal of planning permission 0127/FUL/16) (grid ref. 297533 668707)
7B Union Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1NS
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0250/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed garage conversion
Westfield House Westfield West Lothian EH48 3DF
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0267/H/22
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary wall and fence
10 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0253/H/22
Extension to house
40 Seven Wells Crescent Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GT
Received 25 Mar 2022 - Decided0254/H/22
Extension to house
6 Carmelaws Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BU
Received 25 Mar 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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