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Scotland · Local authority
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 dates31,525Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,752 approved or refused records
2,523Refused applications
26,229 approved · 2,523 refused · 1,679 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 27 Feb 1992 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 31 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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/0815/FUL/02
Erection of a house
Plot 10 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 25 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0860/NID/02
Erection of a nursery extension to primary school
St. Anthony's Primary School South Street, Armadale
Received 25 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0816/H/02
Extension to house
40 Dawson Avenue, Livingston
Received 25 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0817/H/02
Extension to house
9 Nevis Drive, Livingston
Received 25 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0810/A/02
Erection of various fascia signs
Starlaw Business Park Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 25 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0224/H/03
Erection of conservatory and erection of a replacement garage
1 Springfield Road, Linlithgow
Received 14 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0161/H/03
Erection of a conservatory
132 Loaninghill Road, Uphall
Received 14 Feb 2003 - DecidedLIVE/0884/H/02
Two storey extension to house and formation of a roof terrace
Burnwynd Cottage A71, Wilkieston
Received 19 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0886/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
38 Elmwood Park, Deans, Livingston
Received 19 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0885/FUL/02
Erection of a house
Plot 6 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 16 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0877/FUL/02
Erection of two, two storey houses
Plot 14 & 15 Puir Wife's Brae, Bathgate
Received 16 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0876/FUL/02
Erection of a 1.8m high boundary wall (in retrospect) and 2.4m high internal security fence
27 Longridge Road, Whitburn
Received 16 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0907/FUL/02
Variation to condition 14 of planning permission 0956/99 to omit footpath links to existing pedestrian network and erection of a 1.8m high timber screen fence
- Curlew Brae, Ladywell, Livingston
Received 16 Aug 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1122/FUL/02
Change of use and conversion of a hairdressers to form a house
43 A Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 30 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1120/H/02
Two storey extension to house
3 Avalon Gardens, Linlithgow
Received 30 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1121/FUL/02
Erection of a garage
30 Willow Park, Fauldhouse
Received 30 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1115/H/02
Extension to house
178 Bailielands, Linlithgow
Received 29 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1141/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
18 Thomson Green, Knightsridge, Livingston
Received 29 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1114/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
5 Queens Road, Broxburn
Received 29 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1145/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
66 Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 29 Oct 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0988/FUL/02
Erection of 18 lock-up garages
- Strawberry Bank/Avon Place, Linlithgow
Received 23 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0989/FUL/02
Change of use from shrub belt to private garden ground
'Beechwood Cottage', Edinburgh Road, Linlithgow
Received 23 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0990/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
10 Bickerton Croft, East Whitburn
Received 23 Sept 2002 - DecidedLIVE/1060/FUL/02
Change of use from business (Class 4) to form a dog grooming salon/outlet
Unit 1 Crofthead Centre, Dedridge, Livingston
Received 23 Sept 2002
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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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