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West Lothian planning applications

PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of West Lothian. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official West Lothian website

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates
21,937Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 19,537 approved or refused records
1,941Refused applications

17,596 approved · 1,941 refused · 1,360 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Mar 2001 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 24 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026
Planning information Planning & Building StandardsLocal plan Local Development Plan (LDP 1)Pre-application advice Pre-Application EnquiryConservation areas Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Scheduled Monuments

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.

Conservation areas10 mapped area records
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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

  1. DecidedLIVE/0833/FUL/09

    Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of a 1.8 m high boundary fence (in retrospect)

    10 Kaims Place, Livingston Village, Livingston, EH54 7DX

    Received 23 Jul 2009
  2. DecidedLIVE/0782/H/09

    Demolition of garage and erection of double garage/store

    Land Adjacent To 1 Combfoot Cottages, Mid Calder

    Received 2 Oct 2009
  3. DecidedLIVE/0896/H/09

    Extension to house

    96 Turnhigh Road, Whitburn, EH47 8HU

    Received 8 Dec 2009
  4. DecidedLIVE/0353/FUL/10

    Formation of driveway and parking area and use of part of house as office (grid ref. 306313 669979)

    88 Pumpherston Road, Livingston, West Lothian, EH54 5PJ

    Received 12 Mar 2010
  5. DecidedLIVE/0088/H/10

    Raising of roof and installation of dormers to form first floor accommodation and erection of a pitched roof over existing flat roof

    3 Highfield Crescent, Linlithgow, EH49 7BG

    Received 4 Feb 2010
  6. DecidedLIVE/0763/H/09

    Installation of dormer window

    36 Edinburgh Road, Bathgate, EH48 1BA

    Received 9 Oct 2009
  7. DecidedLIVE/0930/H/09

    First floor gable extension to house

    44 Hope Park Gardens, Bathgate, EH48 2QU

    Received 17 Dec 2009
  8. UnknownLIVE/0832/FUL/09

    Change of use from office (class 2) to flat and installation of replacement windows and rear door

    36 King Street, Bathgate EH48 1AX

    Received 28 Oct 2009
  9. DecidedLIVE/0825/FUL/09

    Erection of a 1152 sqm worship building with associated car parking and landscaping

    Land At Eliburn Campus, Off Appleton Parkway, Eliburn, Livingston

    Received 19 Oct 2009
  10. DecidedLIVE/0915/LBC/09

    Listed building consent for the demolition of a conservatory and erection of a new conservatory

    The Shambles, Skivo, Livingston

    Received 11 Dec 2009
  11. DecidedLIVE/0854/H/09

    Extension to house

    13 Saltcoats Gardens, Bellsquarry, Livingston, EH54 9JD

    Received 18 Nov 2009
  12. DecidedLIVE/0017/H/10

    Demolition of conservatory and single-storey extension to house.

    52 Burghmuir Court, Linlithgow, EH49 7LL

    Received 24 Dec 2009
  13. DecidedLIVE/0869/A/09

    Erection of two internally illuminated fascia signs

    286 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ER

    Received 25 Nov 2009
  14. DecidedLIVE/0914/H/09

    Demolition of conservatory and erection of new conservatory

    The Shambles, Skivo, Livingston EH54 9AN

    Received 11 Dec 2009
  15. DecidedLIVE/0148/EXC/10

    Erection of seventeen, 115 m high wind turbines, two 73 m high wind monitoring masts, access tracks, a sub station and control building, two borrow pits and associated works

    Harrows Law, Dunsyre, South Lanarkshire

    Received 11 Mar 2010
  16. DecidedLIVE/0011/FUL/10

    Erection of a disabled entrance and lobby, erection of a timber fence and rooflights (in retrospect)

    29-31 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AB

    Received 18 Dec 2009
  17. DecidedLIVE/0875/H/09

    Installation of velux windows

    50 Middleton Road, Uphall, EH52 5DF

    Received 19 Nov 2009
  18. DecidedLIVE/0333/H/10

    Installation of a dormer window (Grid Ref 306852 666860)

    11 Ochiltree Court, Mid Calder, EH53 0RU

    Received 11 May 2010
  19. DecidedLIVE/0254/LBC/09

    Listed building consent for alterations to church in connection with change of use from church to class 11 licensed entertainment venue

    St Davids Church, George Street, Bathgate, EH48 1PH

    Received 23 Apr 2009
  20. DecidedLIVE/0092/H/10

    Extension to house

    2 East Main Street, Blackburn, EH47 7QU

    Received 11 Feb 2010
  21. DecidedLIVE/0855/H/09

    Erection of a conservatory and decked area

    80 Toronto Avenue, Howden, Livingston, EH54 6BW

    Received 18 Nov 2009
  22. DecidedLIVE/0929/H/09

    Extension to house

    119 Buchanan Crescent, Eliburn, Livingston, EH54 7EF

    Received 21 Dec 2009
  23. DecidedLIVE/0219/LBC/10

    Listed building consent for demolition of extension and erection of a new extension to house (Rose Cottage), conversion and extension of workshop to form a house (The Old Smiddy) and demolish existing workshop and erection of a new house (grid ref. 296700 672432)

    Rose Cottage & The Old Smiddy, 5-7 The Loan, Torphichen, EH48 4NF

    Received 19 Mar 2010
  24. DecidedLIVE/0623/FUL/09

    Part change of use from manufacturing and retail to full retail (class 1)

    1 Howden West, Livingston, EH54 6AA

    Received 23 Jul 2009

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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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