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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
30,431Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 27,691 approved or refused records
2,437Refused applications

25,254 approved · 2,437 refused · 1,654 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 26 May 1993 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0957/FUL/99

    Erection of a 2.4 metre high chain link security fence

    Easter Inch Farmhouse Easter Inch, Bathgate

    Received 9 Dec 1999
  2. DecidedLIVE/0059/FUL/99

    Variation of condition of planning permission to allow demolition and reconstruction

    The Steading, Broomhill, West Calder

    Received 1 Feb 1999
  3. DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/99

    Erection of 2 houses

    Glenisla Court Blaeberryhill Road, Whitburn

    Received 19 Feb 1999
  4. DecidedLIVE/0696/FUL/97

    Part change of use to form car repair business and erection of workshop, stables and tractor shed

    6A Houstoun Mains Holdings, Uphall

    Received 8 Sept 1997
  5. DecidedLIVE/0930/FUL/96

    Installation of road and services to form 13 plots

    Site At Murieston South 1D, Murieston, Livingston

    Received 23 Oct 1996
  6. DecidedLIVE/0848/FUL/93

    Erection of 4 houses

    Plots 13, 14, 15 And 16 Heatherfield, Seafield

    Received 2 Dec 1993
  7. DecidedLIVE/0786/FUL/94

    Erection of a porch

    222 Elizabeth Drive, Bathgate

    Received 20 Oct 1994
  8. DecidedLIVE/0832/FUL/96

    Formation of new access road

    - Oakbank Park Industrial Estate, Linhouse, Livingston

    Received 19 Sept 1996
  9. DecidedLIVE/0874/FUL/02

    Erection of 16 flats and one house with associated roads and parking

    - West End, West Calder

    Received 12 Aug 2002
  10. DecidedLIVE/0391/H/01

    Extension to house

    16 Glenalmond Terrace, Bathgate

    Received 10 May 2001
  11. DecidedLIVE/1110/FUL/01

    Erection of a house

    Plot 1 Willow Park (PH2), Fauldhouse

    Received 14 Nov 2001
  12. DecidedLIVE/0207/FUL/01

    Erection of a 4080 sqm office building with 143 car parking spaces

    - Alba Campus, Livingston

    Received 12 Mar 2001
  13. DecidedLIVE/0229/FUL/01

    Change of use from garage to offices (Class 4) in retrospect and extension to offices

    - Burnhead, Longridge

    Received 2 Mar 2001
  14. DecidedLIVE/0842/H/00

    Demolition of garage and erection of new domestic garage

    Walland Falkirk Road, Linlithgow

    Received 1 Sept 2000
  15. DecidedLIVE/0175/FUL/01

    Siting of 2 portacabins

    - Grange Road, Houstoun Industrial Estate, Livingston

    Received 1 Mar 2001
  16. DecidedLIVE/0664/H/00

    Erection of front porch

    Pond Brae Cottage Main Street, Philpstoun

    Received 19 Jun 2000
  17. DecidedLIVE/0447/H/99

    Extension to house

    21 Uphall Station Road, Pumpherston

    Received 4 Jun 1999
  18. DecidedLIVE/0046/FUL/98

    Erection of a house with stables

    Croft 6 Hens Nest Road, East Whitburn

    Received 28 Jan 1998
  19. DecidedLIVE/0029/H/99

    Extension to house

    1 Letham Holdings, Pumpherston

    Received 22 Jan 1999
  20. DecidedLIVE/0530/H/03

    Relocation of double garage

    - Deanburn Gardens, Seafield

    Received 7 May 2003
  21. DecidedLIVE/0701/H/03

    Extension to house

    34 Norman Rise, Livingston

    Received 20 Jun 2003
  22. DecidedLIVE/0620/H/03

    Erection of a conservatory

    61 Millburn Crescent, Armadale, EH48 3RD

    Received 2 Jun 2003
  23. DecidedLIVE/0421/H/03

    Extension to house

    - Gardners Hall, Linlithgow

    Received 17 Apr 2003
  24. DecidedLIVE/0499/H/03

    Extension to house

    18 Ashbank Court, Bathgate

    Received 29 Apr 2003

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Researching a proposal in West Lothian

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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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