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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 dates10,608Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,073 approved or refused records
926Refused applications
8,147 approved · 926 refused · 683 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Sept 2014 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0856/FUL/23
Erection of 2.4m high perimeter fence and installation of 3m high holding area fence within bear enclosure
Five Sisters Zoo Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8PT
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Decided0857/H/23
Removal of a conservatory and extension to house
35 Kaims Grove Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 7DU
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Decided0858/H/23
Extension to house
72 Park View Fauldhouse West Lothian EH47 9JZ
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Decided0859/FUL/23
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
100 Huntly Avenue Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NG
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Decided0860/H/23
Replacement of existing front door
39 Combfoot Cottages Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0AG
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Decided0861/H/23
Replacement of timber windows and door with uPVC
34 St Magdalenes Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6AQ
Received 12 Oct 2023 - Decided0864/H/23
Extension to house
196 Raeburn Rigg Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PJ
Received 13 Oct 2023 - Decided0865/TCA/23
Felling of 1 Sycamore tree
9 Globe Park Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6EF
Received 13 Oct 2023 - Decided0866/H/23
Widening of access and erection of garage, earthworks and erection of outbuildings (in retrospect)
Colleonard 35 Balbardie Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1AP
Received 13 Oct 2023 - Decided0867/LBC/23
Listed building consent for internal alterations, installation of seven rooflights and repositioning of other rooflights consented under 0860/LBC/18 (in retrospect)
113A Main Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RA
Received 16 Oct 2023 - Decided0868/FUL/23
Installation of seven rooflights and repositioning of other rooflights consented under 0845/FUL/18 (in retrospect)
113A Main Street Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6RA
Received 16 Oct 2023 - Decided0870/FUL/23
Change of use from 3 flats and 1 office to short term lets (in retrospect)
1, 2 Goschen Place Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5JX
Received 17 Oct 2023 - Decided0871/H/23
Installation of dormer windows
17 Westcroft Court Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EW
Received 17 Oct 2023 - Decided0872/CLU/23
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed coversion of garage into habitable space
77 Poynter's Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5ED
Received 17 Oct 2023 - Decided0873/FUL/23
Change of use of 2 existing leisure moorings to residential moorings
Narrowboat Farm Philpstoun Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6QY
Received 17 Oct 2023 - Decided0874/H/23
Erection of a bike shed
38 Henderson Crescent Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6HA
Received 18 Oct 2023 - Decided0875/MSC/23
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0232/FUL/22 (as updated from 1012/P/05) for the formation of a soil bund, vehicular access and drainage works
Block Y Winchburgh West Lothian
Received 18 Oct 2023 - Decided0876/FUL/23
Change of use from open space to private garden ground and erection of boundary fence (in retrospect)
67 Northfield Cottages West Calder West Lothian EH55 8ED
Received 18 Oct 2023 - Decided0877/CLU/23
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed siting of an outbuilding
22 Duncan Green Knightridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PR
Received 18 Oct 2023 - Decided0879/TPO/23
Felling of 1no. juvenile Beech tree & prune weeping branchlets to 3m above ground level from 1 no. mature Beech tree
Rear Of 3 Saltcoats Gardens Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9JD
Received 19 Oct 2023 - Decided0880/H/23
Erection of two storey linked residential accommodation
Conifers 2B Alexander Street Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DB
Received 20 Oct 2023 - Decided0881/H/23
Installation of a dormer window
44 Highfield Crescent Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BG
Received 20 Oct 2023 - Decided0882/H/23
Installation of a dormer window on rear elevation
18 Goodall Crescent Dechmont West Lothian EH52 6LB
Received 23 Oct 2023 - Decided0884/CLU/23
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed house extension
10 Mill Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4JJ
Received 23 Oct 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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