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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17,596 approved · 1,941 refused · 1,360 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- DecidedLIVE/0757/FUL/09
Reslating of roof
Livingston Old Parish Kirk, Kirk Lane, Livingston, EH54 7HY
Received 7 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0694/FUL/09
Erection of a 1,254sqm refrigerated finished goods dispatch/crate store, with 5 loading bays, and associated yard, drainage and acoustic works.
220 East Main Street, Broxburn, EH52 5AW
Received 28 Aug 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0516/FUL/09
Demolition of existing house and erection of a new house and garage
8 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun, EH49 7RU
Received 8 Jul 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0619/A/09
Erection of 3 illuminated fascia signs and 1 totem sign
Co-Op Food Store, Craigshill Shopping Centre, The Mall, Livingston
Received 18 Aug 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0504/LBC/10
Listed building consent for alterations to garage access (300412 677085)
Auldhouse, 8 St Michael's Wynd, Linlithgow, EH49 7AD
Received 14 Jul 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0709/FUL/09
Erection of a boundary wall (in retrospect)
2 Easter Inch Steadings, Bathgate, EH48 2EH
Received 14 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0648/H/09
Erection of a storage building
Craigend Cottage, Linlithgow, EH49 6QE
Received 28 Aug 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0860/FUL/09
Erection of 3 m high boundary fence
East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn, EH52 5NN
Received 9 Nov 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0861/H/09
Extension to house
1 Westhall Road, Broxburn, EH52 5QT
Received 30 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0798/H/09
Two storey extension to house
69 Honeyman Court, Armadale, EH48 3RF
Received 15 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0889/FUL/09
Renewal of temporary consent 0119/FUL/08 for the siting of a portacabin for office accommodation
Binny House, Binny Estate, Ecclesmachan Road, Uphall EH52 6NL
Received 23 Nov 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0802/FUL/09
Erection of a smoking shelter
1 Appleton Place Livingston West Lothian EH54 7EZ
Received 5 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0515/LBC/09
Listed building consent (in retrospect) for the conversion of a workshop to form a house
16 High Street, Linlithgow, EH49 7AE
Received 17 Jul 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0703/FUL/09
Erection of a 50sqm waiting room facility.
Fauldhouse Cemetery, Cemetery Road, Fauldhouse
Received 10 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0062/H/10
First floor extension to house
11 Player Green, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8RZ
Received 2 Feb 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0158/FUL/10
Sub division of house to form two flats (grid ref. 294517 664644)
12 & 14 The Avenue, Whitburn EH47 0DD
Received 5 Mar 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0582/FUL/09
Change of use from public open space to additional yard area and erection of a 1.9 m high boundary fence (in retrospect)
Muir Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 24 Apr 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0037/H/10
Extension to house
8 Woodrush Glade, Adambrae, Livingston, EH54 9JY
Received 12 Jan 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0741/FUL/09
Erection of 4 flats with associated car parking
Land To The Rear Of 46-48 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QX
Received 25 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0684/H/09
Extension to house
46 Heatherfield Glade, Adambrae, Livingston, EH54 9JE
Received 10 Sept 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0016/FUL/10
Installation of a 15m high slimline lattice mast, with 3 No. antennas and 2 No. 600mm diameter microwave dishes with 6 No. equipment cabinets located at ground level, all within a fenced compound measuring 6m x 8m.
West Muir Farm, West Calder, EH55 8LA
Received 6 Jan 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0751/H/09
Extension to house
36 Meikle Inch Lane, Bathgate, EH48 2UG
Received 8 Oct 2009 - DecidedLIVE/0041/FUL/10
Change of use from shop (class 1) to pet grooming salon (class 2) with ancillary retail
5 East Main Street, Uphall, EH52 5DZ
Received 21 Jan 2010 - DecidedLIVE/0791/FUL/09
Extend plot boundaries to increase garden ground relating to planning permission in principle (0838/P/08) for 2 houses
Gowanbank, Nr Avonbridge FK1 2JY
Received 19 Oct 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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