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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 dates11,049Searchable applications
251Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,480 approved or refused records
955Refused applications
8,525 approved · 955 refused · 701 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 12 Feb 2013 to 5 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 15 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0625/PAC/25
Proposal of application notice for the erection of an AI Data Centre Campus with a 250 MW demand utility capacity with ancillary battery energy storage system (BESS) (to be consented via separate Section 36 application to Scottish Government), car parking, landscaping, roads, access and associated works
Land At Former Freeport Shopping Village West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PN
Received 5 Aug 2025 - Decided0628/H/25
Extension to house
28 Bankton Park East Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9BW
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided0629/FUL/25
External alterations to offices
64-66 North Bridge Street And 2-6 Mansefield Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PP
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided0630/MSC/25
Approval of matters specified in conditions of planning permission 0497/P/21 for erection of a house (substitution of house type at Plot 344 as variation to 0996/MSC/22) (in retrospect)
Standhill North West Main Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3HR
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided0632/FUL/25
Change of use from shop (Class 1A) to form a house
68-70 West Main Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3QA
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided0633/H/25
Erection of a shed
84 Lenzie Avenue Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8NR
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision0635/FUL/25
Formation of hardstanding and use of land for car sales, car park for garden centre, delivery area for garden centre (part in retrospect)
Raw Farm East Calder EH53 0ET
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided0636/FUL/25
Siting of a mobile snack van
Garbett Road Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7DL
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided0637/H/25
Erection of a garage
6 Haymarket Crescent Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 8AP
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided0638/H/25
Extension to house
107 Tippet Knowes Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6UN
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided0640/LBC/25
Listed building consent for repair of door
Kirk Of Livingston Main Street Livingston Village Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AF
Received 11 Aug 2025 - Decided0641/P/25
Application under Section 42 for same development as planning permission 0436/P/18 (Erection of storage and distribution (class 6) and office and light industrial (class 4) units and associated car parking, access and landscaping) without compliance with conditions to vary condition 1G (construction method statement) and omit condition 11 (public art)
J4M8 Storage And Distribution Park Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2FB
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided0642/TPO/25
Felling and removal of 2 Leylandii trees, 2 Silver Birch Trees and 1 Cherry tree
Land North East Of 1 Murieston Mews Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HS
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided0643/H/25
Installation of an Air Source Heat Pump to the front of house (in retrospect)
22 West Holmes Place Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NJ
Received 12 Aug 2025 - Decided0645/H/25
Extension to house
Woodside House Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5PQ
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided0646/EXC/25
Consultation from Scottish Government on EIA scoping opinion for up to 8 wind turbines with a maximum blade tip height of 200 metres, approximately 30 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy generation, approximately 50 MW of long duration electricity storage (LDES), and associated infrastructure (total generating capacity approximately 138 MW)
Hagshaw Hill III Wind Farm Douglas South Lanarkshire
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided0647/A/25
Display of 1 non-illuminated ATM surround sign and 1 illuminated ATM logo panel sign
13 Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PA
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided0648/FUL/25
Installation of an ATM
13 Hopetoun Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PA
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided0649/H/25
Extension to house
3 Crosshill Drive Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1DQ
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided0650/FUL/25
Erection of 4 houses with access, landscaping and associated works
Wester Woodside Farm Torphichen West Lothian EH49 6QE
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided0651/FUL/25
Siting of hot food takeaway portacabin (in retrospect)
Kaim Park Hotel 17 Edinburgh Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 1EP
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided0652/FUL/25
Erection of dog washing unit and enclosure
The Visitor Centre Beecraigs Country Park Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 6PL
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided0653/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of house as short term let
40 Gracies Wynd Bathville Armadale West Lothian EH48 2LJ
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided0654/H/25
Extension to garage and replacement of pitched roof with flat roof
44 Gleneagles Court Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8PG
Received 15 Aug 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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