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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
24,203Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
90%Approval rate · 21,707 approved or refused records
2,068Refused applications

19,639 approved · 2,068 refused · 1,451 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 1997 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 26 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Council contacts

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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/0722/FUL/08

    Change of use from Classes 4 & 5 to Class 11 (Assembly & Leisure) to form a martial arts centre

    Unit 2, Little Mill Business Park, Mill Road Industrial Estate, Linlithgow, EH49 7SF

    Received 18 Jul 2008
  2. DecidedLIVE/0574/A/08

    Erection of 2 free standing signs

    McDonald's Restaurant, 2 Almondvale Avenue, Livingston

    Received 5 Jun 2008
  3. DecidedLIVE/0489/H/08

    Extension to house

    81 Tippet Knowes Road, Winchburgh, EH52 6UN

    Received 12 May 2008
  4. DecidedLIVE/0636/H/08

    Extension to ground floor flat

    6 Preston Avenue, Linlithgow, EH49 6HT

    Received 12 Jun 2008
  5. DecidedLIVE/0759/H/08

    Erection of a 160sqm shed and extension to garage

    Springhill Cottage, Dechmont, EH52 6LN

    Received 24 Jul 2008
  6. DecidedLIVE/0696/FUL/08

    Substitution of house types on plots 33, 35, 36 & 37

    Holmes West (South), West Holmes Road, Broxburn

    Received 10 Jul 2008
  7. DecidedLIVE/0474/H/08

    1 1/2 storey extension to house

    Maryville, Faucheldean, Winchburgh, EH52 6PS

    Received 9 May 2008
  8. DecidedLIVE/0923/FUL/08

    Erection of a house

    West Harwood Farm, West Calder, EH55 8LF

    Received 11 Sept 2008
  9. DecidedLIVE/0778/H/08

    Extension to house

    15 Globe Park, Broxburn, EH52 6EF

    Received 11 Aug 2008
  10. DecidedLIVE/0809/FUL/08

    Installation of an Automated Teller Machine

    SR Commercial Ltd, 125 Main Street, Bathgate, EH47 9BL

    Received 19 Aug 2008
  11. DecidedLIVE/0541/H/08

    Extension to house and re-location of boundary wall to incorporate additional garden ground

    32 Birrell Gardens, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9LF

    Received 28 May 2008
  12. DecidedLIVE/0360/H/08

    Formation of driveway and repositioning of garage (in retrospect)

    Plot 2, Falla Hill Place, Fauldhouse, EH47 9GZ

    Received 2 Apr 2008
  13. DecidedLIVE/0740/FUL/08

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

    1 Inchcross, Bathgate, EH48 2RZ

    Received 8 Jul 2008
  14. DecidedLIVE/0935/FUL/08

    Erection of a 1005 sqm industrial unit with ancillary offices and formation of a car park

    Whitrigg (North Area), Redmill, Whitburn

    Received 23 Sept 2008
  15. DecidedLIVE/0824/FUL/08

    Part change of use from class 1 shop to class 3 food and drink

    46 - 48 East Main Street, Broxburn

    Received 22 Aug 2008
  16. DecidedLIVE/0815/H/08

    Erection of a fence (in retrospect)

    35 Caroline Park, Mid Calder, EH53 0SH

    Received 22 Aug 2008
  17. DecidedLIVE/0821/FUL/08

    Change of use from open space to form extension to yard, erection of a 19m high slimline lattice mast for taxi business radio antennae and erection of a 2.4m high weldmesh fence

    78A & 78B Barclay Way, Knightsridge, Livingston, EH54 8EZ

    Received 22 Aug 2008
  18. DecidedLIVE/0718/FUL/08

    Erection of a 133sqm extension to industrial unit

    Plot 11, Easter Inch Industrial Estate, Bathgate

    Received 16 Jul 2008
  19. DecidedLIVE/0725/FUL/08

    Variation to condition 4 of planning permission 0441/FUL/08 to allow opening hours to 01:00 hrs Monday to Sunday

    26 Hopetoun Street, Bathgate, EH48 4EU

    Received 18 Jul 2008
  20. DecidedLIVE/0676/H/08

    Erection of a garage

    18 Dixon Court, Whitburn, EH47 0PW

    Received 4 Jul 2008
  21. DecidedLIVE/0326/FUL/08

    Installation of a 19m high telecommunications monopole with associated equipment cabinets and a 2m high palisade fence.

    Linlithgow Rugby Club, Mains Road, Linlithgow, EH49 6DB

    Received 27 Mar 2008
  22. DecidedLIVE/0924/FUL/08

    Removal and exportation of up to 500,000 cubic metres of engineered fill

    Riddochhill Colliery Site, Inchmuir Road, Whitehill Industrial Estate, Bathgate

    Received 15 Sept 2008
  23. DecidedLIVE/0333/ARM/08

    Approval of reserved matters for the erection of 11 houses

    Craigengall Farm, Avonbridge

    Received 1 Apr 2008
  24. DecidedLIVE/0747/H/08

    Demolition of conservatory and extension to house

    92 Hope Park Gardens, Bathgate, EH48 2QU

    Received 29 Jul 2008

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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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