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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates15,110Searchable applications
282Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 13,155 approved or refused records
1,244Refused applications
11,911 approved · 1,244 refused · 951 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 23 Feb 2010 to 13 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 19 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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
- DecidedLIVE/0087/EXC/13
Consultation on 132kV overhead line connection between the proposed Black Law windfarm extension substation 3km north-west of Forth and the proposed terminal pole 3km south of Carluke (grid ref. 291413 656611)
Black Law Wind Farm, Nr Fauldhouse
Received 6 Feb 2013 - DecidedLIVE/0350/TCA/14
Crown reduction, crown thinning and selective branch removal of 1 tree (grid ref. 307116 666944)
31 Tennent Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0RF
Received 28 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0348/H/14
Extension to house (grid ref. 305995 664831)
24 Murieston Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9AU
Received 28 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0347/H/14
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 305072 664145)
48 Albyn Drive, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9JN
Received 28 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0456/TCA/14
Felling to ground level of 5 trees and stumping grinding of 3 trees (grid ref. 301131 677935)
Bonnytoun House, U1 - Bonnytoun House To A803, Linlithgow, EH49 7LP
Received 4 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0430/FUL/14
Erection of a house with garage (grid ref. 299977 661038)
Plot 14, West Mains Farm, West Calder, EH55 8LD
Received 19 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/14
Erection of a house with garage (grid ref. 305906 677206)
Land At Old Philpstoun, Linlithgow
Received 25 Apr 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0077/EXC/12
Consultation on formation of a wind farm consisting of 23 turbines (125m to blade tip) with associated infrastructure (grid ref. 306132 658212)
Fauch Hill, West Calder
Received 2 Feb 2012 - DecidedLIVE/0345/FUL/14
Formation of new access track for wind turbine development granted approval through planning application 0786/FUL/13 (grid ref. 297601 661345)
Nether Longford Farm, East Of Breich
Received 7 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0340/FUL/14
Formation of access to existing woodland for timber operations (grid ref. 300320 659165)
Coalburn Wood, West Calder
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0330/H/14
Extension to house to form linked residential accommodation (grid ref. 303755 669615)
5 Nicklaus Green, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8RX
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0386/FUL/14
Erection of a 46.3 m high (to blade tip) wind turbine (grid ref. 302079 661587)
Hartwood Home Farm, West Calder, EH55 8LE
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0339/FUL/14
Change of use from open space to external licensed seating area, erection of screen fencing and formation of entrance steps (grid ref. 299514 677067)
West Port Hotel, 18-20 West Port, Linlithgow, EH49 7AZ
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0464/P/14
Planning permission in principle for the demolition of houses, removal of associated roads, paths & landscaping and construction of affordable housing with associated roads, paths and landscaping (grid ref. 302336 668304)
Staffa And Deans South, Deans, Livingston
Received 3 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0319/H/14
Two storey extension to house (Grid ref. 305227 664952)
7 Tantallon Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9AT
Received 19 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0413/EIA/14
EIA Screening Opinion for a residential development with associated landscaping, roads and footpaths (grid ref. 304800 664065).
Land At Murieston Road, Murieston, Livingston
Received 19 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0362/FUL/14
Installation of an ATM machine (grid ref. 293690 660791)
72 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse, EH47 9EF
Received 29 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0458/H/14
Erection of a garage (grid ref. 289331 667001)
31 Leishman Court, Blackridge, EH48 3TL
Received 4 Jul 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0335/TCA/14
Felling to ground level of 2 trees and crown thinning of 2 trees (grid ref. 296559 672278)
Cottalside, B8047 - Craigpark To Manse Road, Torphichen, EH48 4LS
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0343/FUL/14
Erection of a 306 sqm extension to wellbeing centre and associated works (grid ref. 304681 666793).
West Lothian College, Almondvale Crescent, Almondvale, Livingston, EH54 7EP
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0341/FUL/14
Erection of a 200 sqm warehouse building, formation of hard standing and a culvert and erection of a replacement boundary fence (grid ref. 309618 672449)
4 Westerton Road, Broxburn, EH52 5AU
Received 21 May 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0417/H/14
Two storey extension to house (grid ref. 304242 668534)
2 Newyearsfield Farm Cottage, Livingston, EH54 6AB
Received 25 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0422/FUL/14
Change of use from storage and distribution (class 6) to form 2 music rehearsal and recording studios (grid ref. 296612 667763)
Unit 6, Block 2, Whiteside Industrial Estate, Bathgate, EH48 2RX
Received 25 Jun 2014 - DecidedLIVE/0349/TCA/14
Felling to ground level of 3 trees (grid ref. 299592 676930)
1 West Port Place, Linlithgow, EH49 7DE
Received 28 May 2014
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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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