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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 dates11,222Searchable applications
255Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,636 approved or refused records
965Refused applications
8,671 approved · 965 refused · 710 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0924/FUL/25
Change of use from first floor office to flat
52 North Bridge Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4PP
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided0925/EXC/25
Consultation from SP Energy Networks on application under Section 37 of the Electricity Act 1989 for offline rebuild of 11kV overhead line
Middlerigg Farm Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HH
Received 14 Nov 2025 - Decided0926/PO/25
Modification of planning obligation relating to planning permission 0701/FUL/20 to apply its provisions to planning application 0569/FUL/25
Site K Mossend West Calder EH55 8PV
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided0927/FUL/25
Change of use from residential flat to short-term let
145 Hawk Brae Eliburn Livingston West Lothian EH54 6GJ
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided0928/FUL/25
Erection of a 72sqm single storey boiler storage house
Valneva Scotland Ltd Oakbank Park Place Livingston West Lothian EH53 0TG
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided0929/H/25
Extension to house
27 Ochiltree Crescent Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0RT
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided0930/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for the proposed replacement of existing rear extension with new rear extension
15 Port Buchan Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6HN
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided0932/H/25
Extension to house
7 Honeyman Court Armadale West Lothian EH48 3RF
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided0933/H/25
Extension to house
70 Tippet Knowes Park Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6UP
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided0934/TPO/25
Crown raising and pruning of deadwood of 10 Lime trees, removal of major deadwood of 1 Sycamore, removal of deadwood of 1 Birch tree
Fleetwood 7 Provost Road Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7JF
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided0936/H/25
Installation of sliding door and boiler flue
Waterside 18 Pumpherston Road Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0AY
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0937/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed training and rehearsal campus
Barbara Ritchie House 4 Almondvale Business Park Almondvale Way Almondvale Livingston West Lothian EH54 6GB
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0938/H/25
Extension to house (in retrospect)
113 Tippet Knowes Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6UN
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0939/FUL/25
Siting of a portacabin, a storage container and a welfare unit totalling 62sqm to form a food production and distribution facility
1 Gregory Road Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7DR
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0940/TCA/25
Crown reduction of 2 Birch trees and 1 Rowan tree
12 Dog Well Wynd Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7EH
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0941/H/25
Two storey extension to house
16 Bankton Avenue Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9LD
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0942/FUL/25
Change of use from restaurant/flat to 3 flats with alterations to building
Station House Limefield Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BS
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0943/LBC/25
Listed building consent for alterations to building for change of use to 3 flats
Station House Limefield Road West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BS
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided0944/H/25
Side and rear extension to house
44 Broomyhill Place Linlithgow Bridge Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7BZ
Received 20 Nov 2025 - Awaiting decision0947/FUL/25
Formation of a driving range with covered bays, practice area and new parking facilities
Pumpherston Golf Course Pumpherston West Lothian EH53 0LQ
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided0948/H/25
Installation of gates and wall and the formation of a new driveway
2 Linview Lane Murieston Livingston West Lothian EH54 9HQ
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided0949/H/25
Two storey front and rear extensions to house
3 Longcroft Gardens Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7RR
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Awaiting decision0950/FUL/25
Extension to cemetery comprising burial lairs, soft and hard landscaping, access, drainage and associated works
Land To North East Of Adambrae Cemetery Adambrae Livingston
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided0951/CLU/25
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of house (Class 9) as a short-term let
11 Avondale Crescent Armadale West Lothian EH48 3HL
Received 25 Nov 2025
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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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