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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 dates9,996Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,527 approved or refused records
870Refused applications
7,657 approved · 870 refused · 640 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
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Listed building consent for the removal of existing conservatory and canopy and erection of a single storey side extension with patio
6 Champfleurie Cottages Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6NA
Received 14 Jun 2022 - Decided0547/H/22
Removal of existing conservatory and canopy and erection of a single storey side extension with patio
6 Champfleurie Cottages Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 6NA
Received 14 Jun 2022 - Decided0548/H/22
Formation of a driveway (in retrospect)
30 Hunter Grove Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0NN
Received 14 Jun 2022 - Decided0549/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed window on side elevation
13 Oatlands Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AS
Received 15 Jun 2022 - Decided0550/H/22
Erection of a garden room
155 Spottiswoode Gardens Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0JY
Received 16 Jun 2022 - Decided0552/FUL/22
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of decking over watercourse (in retrospect)
13 Ballencrieff Mill Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4LL
Received 17 Jun 2022 - Decided0553/H/22
Extension and alterations to house
8 Pilgrims Hill Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7LN
Received 17 Jun 2022 - Decided0554/H/22
Replacement of aluminium windows with UPVC windows (in retrospect)
36 Burnside Road Uphall Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5DE
Received 17 Jun 2022 - Decided0555/A/22
Display of 1 illuminated fascia sign and 1 illuminated gable sign
Unit 2 Building 2 Heartlands Village Square Rigghouse View Whitburn
Received 17 Jun 2022 - Decided0556/FUL/22
Erection of 46 houses (as amended from 44) houses with associated roads, parking and landscaping
Land Bounding Charlesfield Lane And Kirkton South Road Livingston
Received 17 Jun 2022 - Decided0557/FUL/22
Erection of 1.8m high deer fence
Land West Of Stoneheap Crofts Cannop Crescent Stoneyburn West Lothian
Received 20 Jun 2022 - Unknown0558/TPO/22
Felling of 1 no. Sycamore tree
4 St Ninian's Way Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BU
Received 20 Jun 2022 - Decided0559/H/22
Alteration and extension to house
6 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 20 Jun 2022 - Decided0560/LBC/22
Listed building consent for alteration and extension to house
6 Royal Terrace Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6HQ
Received 20 Jun 2022 - Decided0561/CLU/22
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed garage conversion into habitable room
44 Lamond Crescent Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FF
Received 20 Jun 2022 - Decided0563/H/22
Erection of a replacement shed
The Stables 33B West Main Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DN
Received 20 Jun 2022 - Decided0565/FUL/22
Application under Section 42 for variation of condition 2 (hours of operations) of planning permission 0814/FUL/21 to allow 24 hour operations
Drumshoreland Recylcing Facility
Received 21 Jun 2022 - Decided0566/FUL/22
Demolition of an exisiting two storey outbuilding and erection of two one bedroom studio flats
14 Market Street Mid Calder Livingston West Lothian EH53 0AA
Received 21 Jun 2022 - Decided0567/TPO/22
Crown cleaning (dead-wooding) of 1 no. Beech tree
Land To South Of 74 Chuckethall Road Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8FB
Received 21 Jun 2022 - Decided0568/FUL/22
Change of use of land from public open space to private garden ground
12 Ogilvie Way Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8HL
Received 22 Jun 2022 - Decided0569/FUL/22
Change of use from industrial unit to plant hire (with servicing and maintenance of the equipment and a training area), service yard and formation of an access onto existing roundabout
Plot 7 Easter Inch Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 22 Jun 2022 - Decided0570/H/22
Erection of a garage
2 Thomson Road Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3GJ
Received 22 Jun 2022 - Decided0571/FUL/22
Erection of 2 livestock sheds with hardstanding and a feed/bedding storage shed
South Mains Farm Linlithgow West Lothian EH48 4NP
Received 22 Jun 2022 - Decided0573/H/22
Two-storey side extension and single storey extension to rear
74 White Street Whitburn Bathgate West Lothian EH47 0BG
Received 23 Jun 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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