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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 dates10,653Searchable applications
248Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,114 approved or refused records
927Refused applications
8,187 approved · 927 refused · 686 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0942/FUL/23
Erection of A 288sqm shed for falcon bird breeding and formation of an access road
Land South Of Pardovan Philpstoun West Lothian
Received 14 Nov 2023 - Decided0943/A/23
Display of 1 non-illuminated fascia sign
1C Follyburn Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6BF
Received 14 Nov 2023 - Decided0944/H/23
Erection of garage
108 Pumpherston Road Uphall Station Livingston West Lothian EH54 5PJ
Received 15 Nov 2023 - Decided0945/FUL/23
Erection of a house with garage
36 To 40 Calder Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AA
Received 15 Nov 2023 - Decided0949/FUL/23
Formation of a beer garden (in retrospect)
46-48 Calder Road Bellsquarry Livingston West Lothian EH54 9AA
Received 16 Nov 2023 - Decided0950/FUL/23
Siting of temporary sales cabin for Area ALb with associated parking
Area VCa Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0GU
Received 16 Nov 2023 - Decided0951/MSC/23
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0252/P/20 for the modification of planning permission 0437/MSC/22 for the substitution of house types on plots 3-8 and 99/100
Site North Of Houstoun Road And East Of School House Road Eliburn Livingston
Received 16 Nov 2023 - Decided0952/H/23
Extension and alterations to house and erection of garage
Totleywells Cottage Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6QJ
Received 16 Nov 2023 - Decided0953/FUL/23
Formation of car wash facility including siting of 2 storage containers, erection of canopy, parking and boundary fencing
Land To East Of 69 Whitburn Road Bathgate EH48 1HE
Received 17 Nov 2023 - Decided0954/H/23
Erection of a porch
8 Heaney Avenue Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0LJ
Received 17 Nov 2023 - Decided0955/FUL/23
Erection of a 15 sqm boiler house (in retrospect)
Livingston Centre For Industrial Decarbonisation 11 Caputhall Road Deans Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AS
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided0956/H/23
Extension to house
7 Church Grove Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FL
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided0957/H/23
Removal of conservatory and erection of orangery extension.
13 Deanburn Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6EY
Received 20 Nov 2023 - Decided0958/FUL/23
Continued operation of children's nursery
9 Riverside Lea Seafield Road Blackburn West Lothian EH47 7EL
Received 21 Nov 2023 - Decided0959/LBC/23
Listed building consent for the relocation of a boiler flue
4 The Steadings Binny Ecclesmachan West Lothian EH52 6NL
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided0960/FUL/23
Erection of a house
Land To West Of 8 Pardovan Holding Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 7RU
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided0961/H/23
Installation of a dormer window
62 Uphall Station Road Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0LW
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided0962/H/23
Extension to house and erection of a porch
61 Kilne Place Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6SH
Received 22 Nov 2023 - Decided0963/P/23
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a house
20 Avonmill Road Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7QX
Received 23 Nov 2023 - Decided0964/FUL/23
Proposed erection of air source heat pump
Aldi Foodstore Ltd Almondvale Road Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6HP
Received 23 Nov 2023 - Decided0965/CLU/23
Certificate of lawfulness for a proposed loft conversion
16 Polbeth Crescent Polbeth West Lothian EH55 8TX
Received 23 Nov 2023 - Decided0966/H/23
Side extension to house
18 Almond View Seafield West Lothian EH47 7BB
Received 23 Nov 2023 - Decided0970/AGR/23
Prior notification/approval for the erection of an agricultural shed
Nethershiel Farm Nethershiel Road Calderwood East Calder West Lothian EH53 0HT
Received 27 Nov 2023 - Decided0971/H/23
Installation of 30 Photo-Voltaic solar panels and battery storage within curtilage of croft.
2 West Mains Crofts West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LD
Received 28 Nov 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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