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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 dates24,615Searchable applications
273Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 22,096 approved or refused records
2,082Refused applications
20,014 approved · 2,082 refused · 1,473 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Aug 1997 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 27 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0311/H/08
Extensions to house, erection of a double garage and alterations to house
1 Murieston Vale, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9EP
Received 1 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0359/FUL/00
Erection of a new cellar and disabled toilet
1 West Main Street (Turf Hotel), Blackburn
Received 11 Apr 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0017/P/00
Outline Planning Permission for extensions, alterations, refurbishment and removal of annexe accommodation to provide modern primary school premises and consolidate the school as a single stream primary
Lowport Primary School, Blackness Road, Linlithgow
Received 10 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0965/FUL/99
Substitution and reorientation of house types on plots 24, 28 and 30
The Paddocks, St Ninians Road, Colthill, Linlithgow
Received 10 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0958/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
10 Deanswood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 9 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0375/FUL/08
Installation of fire exit doors
General George, Unit 2 Almondvale Retail Park, Livingston, EH54 6NB
Received 14 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0253/FUL/08
Erection of a 30sqm building
Fish Farm, Beecraigs Country Park
Received 10 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0469/FUL/08
Erection of a 120sqm extension to garage/MOT centre
2 Firth Road, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston, EH54 5DJ
Received 7 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0444/H/08
Two storey extension and extension to house and repositioning of garage
59 Farrier Court, Blackburn, EH47 7QN
Received 1 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0515/FUL/08
Application under Section 42 for variation of condition number 1 of planning permission reference 0553/P/05 to allow for extension of outline consent
J4M8 Distribution Park, Pottishaw, Bathgate
Received 8 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0277/H/08
Extension to house
92 Shaw Avenue, Armadale, EH48 3NG
Received 20 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0259/H/08
Extensions to house and erection of a 1.8m high boundary fence
16 Wellview Lane, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HU
Received 18 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0368/FUL/99
Proposed improvements to vehicular access
5A Houstoun Mains Holdings, Dechmont
Received 17 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0783/H/99
Alteration and extension to house
28 Ennis Park, Polbeth
Received 21 Sept 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0478/H/08
Extension to house
2 Murieston Mews, Murieston, Livingston, EH54 9HS
Received 12 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0286/H/08
Extension to house
21 Glen Road, Deans, Livingston, EH54 8DQ
Received 25 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0216/FUL/08
Siting of a mobile snack bar
Fleming Road, Kirkton Campus, Livingston
Received 12 Feb 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0275/H/08
Erection of a double garage
17 Eldrick Crescent, Fauldhouse, EH47 9BD
Received 12 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0245/A/08
Erection of a free standing signboard (in retrospect)
Alderstone Road, Livingston, EH54 7DN
Received 6 Mar 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0318/H/08
Two storey extension to house
1 Listloaning Road, Linlithgow Bridge, Linlithgow, EH49 7QT
Received 1 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0329/H/08
Erection of decking (in retrospect)
15 Inch Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 1EU
Received 3 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0448/A/08
Erection of an internally illuminated freestanding sign
Avon Filling Station, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 29 Apr 2008 - DecidedLIVE/0533/FUL/08
Demolition of building and erection of a house
104A Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 23 May 2008 - DecidedLIVE/1106/FUL/08
Alterations to shop front
35 West Main Street, Whitburn, EH47 0QD
Received 27 Aug 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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