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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 dates11,460Searchable applications
259Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 9,848 approved or refused records
982Refused applications
8,866 approved · 982 refused · 724 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided0266/A/26
Display of 1 illuminated fascia sign
7 Canal Road Winchburgh West Lothian EH52 6FD
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided0267/CLU/26
Certificate of lawful use for proposed single storey rear extension to house
80 Spottiswoode Gardens Mid Calder West Lothian EH53 0JX
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided0268/TCA/26
Felling of 1 Ash tree and removal of overhanging limbs to 10 trees
45A West Main Street Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5RQ
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision0269/FUL/26
Change of use of ground floor from former bar/lounge to form 2 units for beauty salon and gym and change of use of upper floor to flat to form 7 short term let bedrooms (part in retrospect)
32-34 Main Street Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8AU
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision0270/FUL/26
Erection of 2 houses
Land At Junction Of James Street And High Academy Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3JE
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided0271/FUL/26
Erection of 4 houses (change to house types consented under 0198/FUL/15 at plots 117, 164, 165, 166)
Land At Ben Macdui Drive Raw Holdings East Calder West Lothian EH53 0UY
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided0273/H/26
Extension to house
The Cottage Easter Breich Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8PP
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided0275/LBC/26
Listed building consent for proposed internal alterations to create additional bedrooms and install new accessible platform lift
Middleton Hall Care Home Middleton Avenue Uphall West Lothian EH52 5DQ
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided0276/CLU/26
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of 1no. car charging unit measuring 2.25m in height to serve 2no. car parking spaces and associated feeder pillar
Klondyke Garden Centre Meikle Road Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AW
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision0277/FUL/26
Alterations and extension to existing train station car park to form a park and ride facility with 74 public spaces and 3 private spaces with new vehicular access, area for railway maintenance and associated works
Kirknewton Station 7 Station Road Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DE
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided0278/LBC/26
Listed building consent for proposed erection of a log cabin
63 High Street Linlithgow West Lothian EH49 7ED
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided0279/CLU/26
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed enlargement of dwellinghouse
The Homestead Drumshoreland Broxburn EH52 5PF
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided0280/A/26
Display of 3 illuminated fascia signs and 3 window vinyl signs
Land At Simpson Avenue / Leyland Road Wester Inch Bathgate EH48 2XB
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided0283/H/26
Installation of replacement windows and doors
9 Priors Grange Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4QN
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided0285/H/26
Erection of a garage
93 James Young Avenue Uphall Station West Lothian EH54 5FA
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided0286/H/26
Extension to house
78 Camps Rigg Knightsridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 8PE
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided0287/FUL/26
Change of use from public house (sui generis) to form a flat
1 Main Street West Calder West Lothian EH55 8BY
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided0288/A/26
Display of 1 illuminated fascia sign
120 Rigghouse View Whitburn West Lothian EH47 0SE
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided0289/CLU/26
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of house as short term let
71 Durward Rise Dedridge Livingston West Lothian EH54 6HX
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided0292/FUL/26
Erection of silage pit with associated works
Mid Hartwood Farm West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LF
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision0293/FUL/26
Demolition of outbuilding and erection of a house
11 Holmes Holdings Holmes Road Broxburn West Lothian EH52 5NS
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided0294/H/26
Erection of dormer to the rear of house
71 Thirlfield Wynd Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 7ER
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided0295/H/26
Extension to house
Breg House 2 The Old Paddock Philpstoun West Lothian EH49 7RY
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided0296/CLU/26
Certificate of lawfulness for installation of a dormer and velux windows
17 Burnlea Drive Stoneyburn West Lothian EH47 8DJ
Received 17 Apr 2026
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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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