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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 dates
10,100Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,619 approved or refused records
878Refused applications

7,741 approved · 878 refused · 648 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 8 Oct 2015 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026
Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas10 mapped area records
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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

  1. Decided0986/H/22

    Alterations to window and doors of house and conversion of garage attic to self-contained ancilliary accommodation

    4 Longford Farm Crofts Addiewell West Calder West Lothian EH55 8FD

    Received 20 Oct 2022
  2. Decided0987/H/22

    Erection of an outbuilding to be used as ancillary residential accommodation

    Newpark House Newpark Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AE

    Received 20 Oct 2022
  3. Decided0988/H/22

    Removal of the existing conservatory and the erecrion of a front porch and rear extension

    4 Clarendon Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AN

    Received 20 Oct 2022
  4. Decided0989/FUL/22

    Erection of 3 office/light industrial units (Class 4)

    Land To The West Of 1 Beveridge Square, Livingston, EH54 6QF

    Received 20 Oct 2022
  5. Decided0990/FUL/22

    Formation of a rail training centre including laying section of railway line, 2 modular office buildings, storage container, parking and access (part retrospective)

    Land East Of 2 Heartlands Terrace Heartlands Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SF

    Received 21 Oct 2022
  6. Decided0991/H/22

    Removal of conservatory and extension to house

    21 Braehead Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EJ

    Received 21 Oct 2022
  7. Decided0992/LBC/22

    Listed building consent for the replacement of existing single-glazed sash windows with new sashes, fitted with slimline IGUs

    5 Bridge Castle House Westfield West Lothian EH48 3DN

    Received 21 Oct 2022
  8. Decided0993/CLU/22

    Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed installation of a garden pod

    2 Thomson Road Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3GJ

    Received 21 Oct 2022
  9. Decided0995/FUL/22

    Installation of weighbridge and siting of 2 storey portable office cabins (in retrospect)

    Balgornie Farm Whitburn West Lothian EH48 3BA

    Received 24 Oct 2022
  10. Decided0996/MSC/22

    Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0497/P/21 for the erection of 374 houses with associated works (as varied from 375 houses)

    Standhill North West Main Street Armadale West Lothian

    Received 24 Oct 2022
  11. Decided0997/CLU/22

    Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of garage to a habitable room

    33 Threipmuir Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FG

    Received 24 Oct 2022
  12. Decided1028/H/22

    Internal and external alterations to listed building (omitting works to replace or repair windows to front and rear elevations)

    5 Strawberry Bank Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BJ

    Received 24 Oct 2022
  13. Decided0999/LBC/22

    Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to listed building (omitting works to replace or repair windows to front and rear elevations)

    5 Strawberry Bank Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BJ

    Received 24 Oct 2022
  14. Decided1002/H/22

    Erection of front and rear extensions

    56 East Bankton Place Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BZ

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  15. Decided1003/FUL/22

    Redevelopment of steading to form a house

    Selms Farm Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DQ

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  16. Decided1005/H/22

    Removal of decking and extension to house

    33 Bankton Brae Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9LA

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  17. Decided1006/FUL/22

    Installation of roof mounted solar photovoltaics (PV) panels

    2 Heartland Terrace Heartlands Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SF

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  18. Decided1007/H/22

    Raising of roof to form attic accommodation (as varied to remove dormer extension)

    10 Baird Square Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GQ

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  19. Decided1008/HZ/22

    Hazardous substance consent to increase storage of alcohol (aqueous ethanolic solution as whisky 63% abv) from 150,000 tonnes to 172,000 tonnes

    Glen Turner Distillery Starlaw Road Bathgate West Lothian EH47 7BW

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  20. Decided1009/FUL/22

    Conversion of former filter station to form a house (renewal of planning permission 0517/FUL/17)

    Former Filter Station Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6GU

    Received 25 Oct 2022
  21. Decided1010/H/22

    Erection of a double garage

    8A East Main Street Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7QU

    Received 26 Oct 2022
  22. Decided1011/CLU/22

    Certificate of lawfulness for proposed internal alterations for the adaptations for disabled person, formation of new window opening and existing windows

    13 Newlands Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8LR

    Received 26 Oct 2022
  23. Decided1012/LBC/22

    Listed building consent for the installation of flue on east elevation

    Library Building 13 Limefield Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BQ

    Received 27 Oct 2022
  24. Decided1013/CLU/22

    Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed single storey rear extension to house

    7 Garden City Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8EJ

    Received 27 Oct 2022

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Researching a proposal in West Lothian

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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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