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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 dates31,663Searchable applications
270Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,878 approved or refused records
2,538Refused applications
26,340 approved · 2,538 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 23 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 3 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0235/FUL/02
Erection of a wind generator
Baadpark Cottage, Harperrigg, Kirknewton
Received 4 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0252/LBC/02
Listed Building Consent for the erection of entrance gates ( in retrospect)
- Bank Street, Mid Calder
Received 4 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0230/H/02
First floor extension to house
'Hilltop House', Ballencreiff Toll, Bathgate
Received 4 Mar 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0914/H/01
Erection of a garage
83 Dalling Avenue, Bathgate
Received 4 Oct 2001 - DecidedLIVE/0114/FUL/02
Extension of existing factory
Royston Road Deans Industrial Estate, Livingston
Received 4 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0127/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
14 Kirkfield View, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 4 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0138/A/02
Erection of an illuminated free standing entrance sign
- Alba Campus, Livingston
Received 4 Feb 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0615/H/02
Extensions to house
87 Sheriff's Park, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0605/LBC/02
Listed building consent for formation of additional doorway
- St Magdalenes Distillery, Linlithgow
Received 4 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0531/H/02
Extension to house and erection of a conservatory and carport
1 Burnbrae, Fauldhouse
Received 8 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0553/P/02
Outline planning permission for the formation of 4 house plots and associated engineering works for access road and provision of services
- Main Street, Stoneyburn
Received 8 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0544/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a house
- Muirs Court, Uphall
Received 8 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0526/H/02
Extension to house
13 Tennant Park, Mid Calder
Received 8 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0530/H/02
Extension to house
4 Harburn Lane, West Calder
Received 8 May 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/02
Change of use from church (class 10) to a house (class 9)
Breich Mission Church Woodmuir Road, Breich
Received 22 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0079/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
58A Muir Road, Bathgate
Received 22 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0065/A/02
Erection of various illuminated and non-illuminated fascia signs
- Almondvale Centre, Livingston
Received 21 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/02
Erection of five floodlights
19 Houston Mains, Uphall
Received 21 Jan 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0354/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
29 Pilgrims Hill, Linlithgow
Received 2 Apr 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0736/FUL/02
Erection of an 1140 sqm two storey office building including car park
- Starlaw Road, Livingston
Received 5 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0759/M/02
Rehabilitation of the site involving opencasting to remove remaining coal reserves and re-compacting the burning material at the bottom of the void to create a developable site
- Inchmuir Road, Bathgate
Received 5 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0729/H/02
Erection of a conservatory
72 Bankton Green, Murieston, Livingston
Received 4 Jul 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0633/FUL/02
Change of use from farmland to private garden ground and formation of a new access
- Hardhill Farm, Bathgate
Received 13 Jun 2002 - DecidedLIVE/0666/P/02
Outline planning permission for the erection of a golf driving range building incorporating teaching room
- Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 13 Jun 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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