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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 dates31,672Searchable 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26,348 approved · 2,542 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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/0574/ARM/98
Erection of a house
Plot 1 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 14 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0576/ARM/98
Erection of a house
Plot 6 Northfield Meadows, Longridge
Received 14 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0573/FUL/98
Part change of use of existing staff residences to offices & staff training units in ground floor and upper floor of Block 1
St Johns Hospital Howden West Road Howden Livingston EH54 6PP
Received 14 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0570/H/98
Extension to house
9 Avondale Drive, Armadale
Received 14 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0572/H/98
Extension to house
110 Bankton Park East, Murieston, Livingston
Received 14 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0571/P/98
Outline permission for the erection of a house & temporary caravan & formation of a horse & carriage hire business including livery stabling, trekking & riding lessons
Lot 2 Almondbank, Greenrigg
Received 13 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0569/H/98
Extension to house to form sun room
52 Pinewood Park, Livingston
Received 13 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0590/ARM/98
Erection of a house and workshop
Plot 3 Riverside Lea, Blackburn House Farm, Seafield
Received 10 Jul 1998 - DecidedLIVE/0505/FUL/97
Installation of a temporary portacabin
- Gowanbank, Avonbridge
Received 2 Jun 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0334/FUL/99
Change of use from tea room & locker room to licensed clubhouse
Bridgecastle Golf Club, Bridgecastle Road, Armadale
Received 26 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0313/FUL/99
Extension to engineering fabrication works
- Brocks Way, East Mains Industrial Estate, Broxburn
Received 26 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0314/H/99
Erection of pitched roof over flat roof
3 Deanburn Park, Linlithgow
Received 26 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0294/P/99
Outline permission for the erection of a house
Sawmill Field Harburn, West Calder
Received 22 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0211/H/99
Extension to house
7 Avontoun Park, Linlithgow
Received 22 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0213/FUL/99
Extension to existing storage yard
109B Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 22 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0210/FUL/99
Change of use of shop to office and installation of roller shutter
89 Main Street Winchburgh Broxburn West Lothian EH52 6RA
Received 19 Mar 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0517/FUL/99
Installation of roof top plant and satellite dish
Unit 54 Almondvale Centre, Livingston
Received 11 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0355/H/99
Extension to house and erection of a garden fence
46 Listloaning Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 11 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0360/FUL/99
Change of use and alterations to form community rehabilitation residential unit
- St Andrews Way, Livingston
Received 11 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0392/H/99
Erection of 1 1.8m high boudary fence
26 Crofters Way, East Whitburn
Received 11 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0357/FUL/99
Erection of 8 houses
- Torbane Drive, East Whitburn
Received 11 May 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0356/FUL/99
Erection of 2 houses
92 Castle Terrace, Winchburgh
Received 21 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0297/H/99
Extension to house
Plot 24 Kaims Place, Kirkton, Livingston
Received 21 Apr 1999 - DecidedLIVE/0200/FUL/99
Change of use from a house to childrens nursery
16 Gideon Street, Bathgate
Received 18 Mar 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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