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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 dates21,937Searchable 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17,596 approved · 1,941 refused · 1,360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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
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.
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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/0797/CLU/09
Certificate of Lawfulness for use of garage/outbuilding as office
19 Burngrange Court, West Calder, EH55 8HA
Received 15 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0794/FUL/09
Repositioning of retail area/entrance and coffee shop building and extension and alterations to car parking (amendment to planning permission 1236/FUL/06)
Barbauchlaw Mill Nursery, Armadale
Received 7 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0132/FUL/10
Establishment of an equestrian stud and erection of a house, incorporating stud office accommodation, and erection of a double garage
The Paddocks, Leyden Road, Ormiston, Kirknewton, EH27 8DN
Received 8 Jan 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0020/H/10
First floor extension and extension to house
Aasly, 2 Bowyett, Torphichen, EH48 4LZ
Received 8 Jan 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0894/H/09
Installation of dormer windows
7 Skivo Wynd, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9GY
Received 7 Dec 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0686/A/09
Erection of illuminated and non-illuminated fascia signs and projecting sign, installation of mock windows and erection of a non-illuminated totem sign.
162 Nigel Rise, Livingston, EH54 6LT
Received 10 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0785/FUL/09
Erection of a wind turbine
Midseat Farm, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH47 8AA
Received 8 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0716/FUL/09
Demolition of garage/stores, extensions to nursery and installation of dormer windows
12 Manse Road, Whitburn, EH47 0DH
Received 18 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0754/FUL/09
Erection of pitched roof over existing flat roofed maisonette block
6-21 Weaver Place, Bathgate
Received 8 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0823/FUL/09
Siting of a mobile snack bar
Layby Off A801, South Of Westfield Roundabout, Westfield
Received 22 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0926/A/09
Erection of an internally illuminated fascia sign, various directional signs, fascia signs, flag signs and removal of various existing signage
Tesco Stores Ltd, 4 Blackburn Road, Bathgate, EH48 2ES
Received 21 Dec 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0911/LBC/09
Listed building consent for the erection of a 71 sqm garage/workshop
The Byre, Gowanbank Steading, Avonbridge FK1 2JY
Received 2 Dec 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0784/CLU/09
The operation of a haulage contractor and for storage and distribution with storage within the buildings coloured dark blue and light green on attached plan 2/2.
Nethermuir Farm, Bathgate, EH48 4LF
Received 30 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0859/FUL/09
Erection of a 12 sqm first floor extension to rear of nightclub to accommodate new male toilets.
14-16 King Street, Bathgate, EH48 1AX
Received 17 Nov 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0811/FUL/09
Change of use from shop (no. 172) and amalgamation with adjacent former hot food takeaway (no. 170) to form a single hot food takeaway with associated alterations to building
170/172 South Street, Armadale, EH48 3JU
Received 28 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0819/FUL/09
Formation of a 90 space public car park
Linlithgow Sports Club, Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow EH49 6AB
Received 29 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0127/A/10
Erection of a fascia sign
222 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7ES
Received 8 Feb 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0868/H/09
Demolition of conservatory and extension to house
3 Drum Farm Steadings, Bathgate, West Lothian, EH48 2HU
Received 17 Nov 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0149/H/10
Extension to house
35 Netherwood Park, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8RN
Received 3 Mar 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0007/LBC/10
Listed building consent for the installation of a 22 cm diameter radio antenna and associated cabling within building
Burgh Halls, The Cross, Linlithgow, EH49 7EY
Received 21 Dec 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0014/H/10
Erection of a double garage
North Mains Hill, 5, Bathgate EH48 4NP
Received 21 Dec 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0843/H/09
Extension to house, demolition of porch and erection of new porch and conversion of garage to form residential accommodation
6 Castleview Lane, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HN
Received 9 Nov 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0776/A/09
Erection of various illuminated and non illuminated signs
70-72 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AQ
Received 14 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0931/P/09
Extension to house
73 Harburn Road, West Calder, EH55 8AT
Received 17 Dec 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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