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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
31,672Searchable applications
266Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,890 approved or refused records
2,542Refused applications

26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 30 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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/0963/H/98

    Erection of a boundary wall and driveway

    6 Hopefield Drive, Blackburn

    Received 2 Dec 1998
  2. DecidedLIVE/0587/FUL/97

    Erection of a house and garage

    Plot 4 Murieston South Id, Murieston, Livingston

    Received 18 Jul 1997
  3. DecidedLIVE/0585/H/97

    Erection of store

    39 Glenmavis Drive, Bathgate

    Received 18 Jul 1997
  4. DecidedLIVE/0638/P/97

    Outline permission for the formation of 16 No. lowland crofts

    - Gowanbank & Craigengall Farms, Avonbridge

    Received 18 Jul 1997
  5. DecidedLIVE/0670/FUL/98

    Erection of a 5 car garage

    18 Roman Camp Cottages, Broxburn

    Received 13 Aug 1998
  6. DecidedLIVE/0437/FUL/98

    Erection of security fence, gates, bollards & barriers

    Unit 4 Kingsthorne Park, Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston

    Received 26 May 1998
  7. DecidedLIVE/0841/NID/97

    Re-development of Our Lady's High School, to provide community education facilities and primary care resource centre

    Our Lady's High School, West Main Street, Broxburn

    Received 3 Nov 1997
  8. DecidedLIVE/0850/H/97

    Extension to house

    5 Graham Court, Blackburn

    Received 3 Nov 1997
  9. DecidedLIVE/0060/FUL/98

    Erection of a 2m high security fence and gates

    50 Main Street, Winchburgh

    Received 31 Oct 1997
  10. DecidedLIVE/0659/FUL/97

    Variation of condition 5 of Planning Consent 0619/1993 to allow the occupation of housing within Lochmill before plots 32-39 on the adjacent Mill Road site are occupied

    - Mill Road, Linlithgow

    Received 18 Aug 1997
  11. DecidedLIVE/0654/H/97

    Installation of replacement windows & doors

    15 Blackness Road, Linlithgow

    Received 15 Aug 1997
  12. DecidedLIVE/0828/H/97

    Formation of a new driveway and erection of a boundary wall

    10 Whitemoss Road, Kirknewton

    Received 15 Aug 1997
  13. DecidedLIVE/0691/FUL/97

    Erection of 4 No. 13m high silos

    - Young Square, Brucefield Industrial Park, Livingston

    Received 15 Aug 1997
  14. DecidedLIVE/0651/FUL/97

    Temporary site compound

    Phase 2, Almondvale Boulevard, Livingston

    Received 14 Aug 1997
  15. DecidedLIVE/0646/FUL/97

    Installation of roller shutters

    94 East Main Street, Broxburn

    Received 14 Aug 1997
  16. DecidedLIVE/0652/H/97

    Erection of a conservatory

    131 Glenalmond, Whitburn

    Received 14 Aug 1997
  17. DecidedLIVE/0649/FUL/97

    Erection of 8 houses

    - Inchcross, Bathgate

    Received 13 Aug 1997
  18. DecidedLIVE/0769/P/95

    Outline planning permission for erection of a dwellinghouse and formation of a vehicular access

    Land Adjacent To 15 Watt Avenue, Armadale

    Received 31 Oct 1995
  19. DecidedLIVE/0769/H/96

    Erection of a C.B. aerial

    20 Barrie Court, Livingston

    Received 29 Aug 1996
  20. DecidedLIVE/0971/H/96

    Extension to house

    2 Riddochill Court, Blackburn, EH47 7JB

    Received 6 Nov 1996
  21. DecidedLIVE/0971/FUL/94

    Extension to house

    14 Knowepark Road, Stoneyburn, EH47 8DY

    Received 30 Dec 1994
  22. DecidedLIVE/0970/FUL/96

    Subsitution of house type on plots 46-77

    Holygate, Broxburn

    Received 6 Nov 1996
  23. DecidedLIVE/0970/FUL/94

    Erection of a garage

    46 Thomson Grove, Uphall

    Received 30 Dec 1994
  24. DecidedLIVE/0969/H/96

    Garage extension to house

    5 Pentland Avenue, Bathgate, EH48 1HW

    Received 6 Nov 1996

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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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