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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 dates10,182Searchable applications
240Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 8,694 approved or refused records
886Refused applications
7,808 approved · 886 refused · 654 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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
- Decided0116/H/23
Two storey extension to house
24 Houstoun Gardens Uphall West Lothian EH52 5PX
Received 10 Feb 2023 - Decided0117/FUL/23
Erection of 4 houses with associated works (renewal of planning permission 0460/FUL/16)
Land To East Of Easter Inch Steadings Bathgate EH48 2EH
Received 10 Feb 2023 - Decided0119/H/23
Extension to house and extend existing deck area
28 Pinewood Place Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7NY
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided0120/H/23
Erection of outbuilding
Cathlaw Bungalow Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NW
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided0121/CLU/23
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed conversion of garage to habitable room
20 Threipmuir Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FG
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided0122/H/23
Extension to house
14 Braekirk Gardens Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8BW
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided0123/FUL/23
Change of use from flat to short term let (in retrospect)
14 Knightsridge House Watson Green Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NA
Received 13 Feb 2023 - Decided0128/H/23
Erection of a porch, extension to rear and first floor extensions and erection of 1.1m+1.8m high railings
1 West Kip Walk Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9FA
Received 14 Feb 2023 - Decided0129/FUL/23
Erection of a house and garage with ancillary accommodation
10 Longford Farm Crofts Addiewell West Lothian EH55 8FD
Received 14 Feb 2023 - Decided0130/H/23
Erection of a 1.9m high timber fence and gates and formation of a gravel surfaced car park (in retrospect)
Threemiletown Farmhouse Threemiletown West Lothian EH49 6NF
Received 15 Feb 2023 - Decided0131/FUL/23
Erection of extension to nursing home to form an additional 18 bedrooms and dayroom with basement service space, service access road, pumping station and drainage infrastructure
Blackfaulds Nursing Home Strathloanhead Westfield West Lothian FK1 2JZ
Received 15 Feb 2023 - Decided0132/TPO/23
Felling of 1 no. Western Red Cedar tree
11 Rockville Grove Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6BZ
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided0133/H/23
Alterations to house including garage conversion
29 New Calder Mill Road Mid Calder West Lothian EH54 6FT
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided0134/H/23
Erection of a conservatory
58 St Paul's Drive Bathville Armadale West Lothian EH48 2LT
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided0135/FUL/23
Erection of extension to events barn
Five Sisters Zoo Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided0136/PAC/23
Proposal of application notice for a mixed use neighbourhood of up to 140 homes (private, assisted living, flatted and affordable), live/work offices (class 4), retail shops (class 1), nursery (class 10) and restored existing steading repurposed for a community hub (public hall / exhibition and events space) (class 10), drainage, landscaping and access
Raw Farm East Calder West Lothian EH53 0ET
Received 16 Feb 2023 - Decided0137/H/23
Extension to house and erection of garage
2 Rosebank Cottages Simpson Parkway Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AN
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided0138/FUL/23
Change of use from shop (class 1) to cafe/takeaway (class 3)
41 West Main Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3PZ
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided0139/FUL/23
Change of use from ancillary outbuilding to a house
19 Burngrange Court West Calder West Lothian EH55 8HA
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided0140/H/23
Installation of a flue
11B Market Street Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0AL
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided0141/FUL/23
Change of use from path to private garden (in retrospect)
116 Clement Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6JZ
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided0142/FUL/23
Change of use of part of car park for siting of 36 commercial secure single storey containers with associated lighting, fencing and CCTV and reallocation of existing parking provision for business units
Land East Of 1 Whiteside Industrial Estate Factory Road Bathgate EH48 2RX
Received 17 Feb 2023 - Decided0144/FUL/23
Erection of a house
Plot 5 Race Road Bathgate West Lothian
Received 20 Feb 2023 - Decided0145/H/23
Two storey extension to house (resubmission of 0352/H/22)
Oneacre Faucheldean Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6PS
Received 20 Feb 2023
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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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