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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 dates31,669Searchable applications
269Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,885 approved or refused records
2,540Refused applications
26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 5 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0365/FUL/99
Substitution of house type
Plot 14 Murieston South 1F, Livingston
Received 13 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0263/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage
181A West Main Street Armadale Bathgate West Lothian EH48 3HY
Received 12 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0264/FUL/99
Construction of an extension to the existing visitors car park and extension to bund
Bentyhead, Hartwood Road, Rescue Centre, West Calder
Received 12 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0266/A/99
Erection of an internally illuminated box sign
54 West Main Street, Whitburn
Received 12 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0118/H/00
Formation of a dormer
13 Clarendon Road, Linlithgow
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0110/FUL/00
Erection of a footbridge
Union Canal, Pyothall Road, Broxburn
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0108/FUL/00
Erection of 24 flats, 12 houses and associated works
- Woodhead Grove, West Main Street, Armadale
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0106/H/00
Demolition of existing garage and erection of a new garage
Hamilton Park House, Preston Road, Linlithgow
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0154/A/00
Erection of a fascia sign
183 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 7 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0130/M/00
Variation of planning permission 1021/M/89 (tipping of building contractors refuse) to amend restoration levels and method of working
Hilhouse Farm -, Camps Junction, Kirknewton
Received 4 Feb 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0562/FUL/99
Extension to shopping and leisure village
- Freeport Shopping & Leisure Village, Westwood, West Calder
Received 16 Jul 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0481/FUL/99
Storage, distribution and retail of quality used vehicles
16-18 Drumshoreland Road, Pumpherston
Received 16 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0476/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
4 West Bankton Place, Murieston, Livingston
Received 16 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0477/H/99
Erection of a conservatory
8 Kaemuir Court, Westfield
Received 16 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0541/FUL/99
Erection of a house
Plot 18 Phase 1 Lanrigg Road, Fauldhouse
Received 16 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0051/H/00
Extension to house
22 Ambrose Rise, Livingston
Received 24 Jan 2000 - DecidedLIVE/0962/FUL/99
Change of use of upper floor from house to clinic use
Polbeth Health Clinic Polbeth Road, Polbeth
Received 8 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0961/H/99
Installation of dormers
146 South Village, Pumpherston
Received 8 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0960/FUL/99
Change of use from Class 1 retail to Class 2, financial, professional and other services
106A Almondvale South, Livingston
Received 8 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0959/LBC/99
Listed building consent for internal alterations
55 High Street, Linlithgow
Received 8 Dec 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0511/FUL/99
Conversion of steading into 2 houses
Parkhead Farmhouse -, Linlithgow
Received 28 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0523/FUL/99
Erection of a house and garage, change of use to form new nursery operations and erection of an agricultural building
Northfield, Fauldhouse Road, Longridge
Received 28 Jun 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0790/H/99
Extension to house
132 Langton View, East Calder
Received 11 Oct 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0794/FUL/99
Erection of a house
2A Newhouses Road, Broxburn
Received 11 Oct 1999
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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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