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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
31,669Searchable 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26,345 approved · 2,540 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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: 6 Nov 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

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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/0817/FUL/94

    Alteration to entrance

    5 East Main Street, Armadale

    Received 2 Nov 1994
  2. DecidedLIVE/0817/FUL/93

    Alterations to facades

    Unit G1 And G2 Regent Centre, Linlithgow

    Received 22 Nov 1993
  3. DecidedLIVE/0817/FUL/92

    Proposed housing for water pump and water storage tank

    Ballencrieff Farm Ballencrieff Toll, Bathgate

    Received 24 Nov 1992
  4. DecidedLIVE/0816/H/95

    House extension

    100 Bailielands, Linlithgow, EH49 7TF

    Received 23 Nov 1995
  5. DecidedLIVE/0791/FUL/92

    Erection of a house and garage

    Plot 4 Hardhill Road, Bathgate

    Received 11 Nov 1992
  6. DecidedLIVE/0790/A/92

    Erection of 5 signs

    Sites In Murieston, Livingston

    Received 11 Nov 1992
  7. DecidedLIVE/0790/FUL/96

    Extension to warehouse

    Newhouses Road, Broxburn

    Received 6 Sept 1996
  8. DecidedLIVE/0790/FUL/95

    Erection of a house

    Site At Carriber Mill, Linlithgow

    Received 10 Nov 1995
  9. DecidedLIVE/0790/FUL/94

    Erection of a house

    1 (Plot To Rear) Mill Road, Blackburn

    Received 20 Oct 1994
  10. DecidedLIVE/0790/FUL/93

    Substitute house type

    Plots 54/55 Raeburn Park, Polbeth

    Received 8 Nov 1993
  11. DecidedLIVE/0780/FUL/95

    Erection of floodlights for a rugby football pitch

    Mains Park, Mains Road, Linlithgow

    Received 7 Nov 1995
  12. DecidedLIVE/0518/NID/97

    Demolition of social club and erection of housing complex for the elderly, containing 22 flats and wardens house

    - North Street, Armadale

    Received 27 Jun 1997
  13. DecidedLIVE/0136/FUL/98

    Erection of 71 houses and 48 flats

    - Edinburgh Road/Kirk Road, Bathgate

    Received 26 Feb 1998
  14. DecidedLIVE/0133/FUL/98

    Formation of a public house

    Tighballa Restaurant -, Wallhouse Mine, Torphichen

    Received 25 Feb 1998
  15. DecidedLIVE/0128/FUL/98

    Change of use from shop to dental surgery

    1 West Main Street, Armadale

    Received 25 Feb 1998
  16. DecidedLIVE/0129/A/98

    Erection of 2 signboards

    Unit 10B Almondvale Retail Park, Almondvale, Livingston

    Received 24 Feb 1998
  17. DecidedLIVE/0125/H/98

    Extension to house

    11 Jacklin Green, Knightsridge, Livingston

    Received 23 Feb 1998
  18. DecidedLIVE/0122/FUL/98

    Change of use to form family public house, incorporating restaurant, take away and snooker/pool club

    Ochil House, Owen Square, Dedridge, Livingston

    Received 23 Feb 1998
  19. DecidedLIVE/0123/A/98

    Advertisement Consent and Listed Building Consent for erection of an illuminated hanging sign

    68 High Street, Linlithgow

    Received 23 Feb 1998
  20. DecidedLIVE/0124/H/98

    Extension to house and erection of a porch

    26 Sunnyside Avenue, Bathgate

    Received 20 Feb 1998
  21. DecidedLIVE/0349/FUL/97

    Erection of 30 Houses

    Port Buchan Pyothall Road, Broxburn

    Received 12 May 1997
  22. DecidedLIVE/0347/FUL/97

    Change of use to hot food takeaway restaurant

    1 Marrfield Terrace, Uphall Station

    Received 12 May 1997
  23. DecidedLIVE/0348/FUL/97

    Expansion of existing facility to provide production and warehousing with associated parking and external works.

    - Simpson Parkway, Kirkton Campus, Livingston

    Received 12 May 1997
  24. DecidedLIVE/0550/H/97

    Extension to house

    18 Turnhigh Road, Whitburn

    Received 9 Jul 1997

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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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