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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 dates31,683Searchable applications
275Recorded as pending
91%Approval rate · 28,889 approved or refused records
2,544Refused applications
26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 6 Jan 1992 to 4 Nov 2026. Most recent record check: 9 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0176/FUL/95
Change of use from garden to the display of Activity toys
Site Overshiel Farm Cottage, East Calder
Received 15 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0185/FUL/93
Erection of 20m radio aerial
Uphall Station Goodsyard , Uphall Station
Received 31 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0185/FUL/92
Extension to house
43 Beechwood Park Uphall Station Livingston West Lothian EH54 5QH
Received 17 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0184/H/97
Extension to house
48 Westwood Park Deans Livingston West Lothian EH54 8QW
Received 14 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0184/H/96
Retrospective planning permission for erection of a garden shed/occasional stable
66 Langside Crescent, Polbeth
Received 14 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0184/FUL/95
Conversion of Garage, House Extension and erection of new Garage
Threemiletown Cottage, Threemiletown
Received 16 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0184/FUL/94
Change of use to allow retail use and coffee shop
11 Humbie Holdings Kirknewton West Lothian EH27 8DS
Received 18 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0164/FUL/92
Proposed siting of LPG tank
Drumcrosshall Farm (The Barn) , Bathgate, EH48 4JJ
Received 9 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0163/P/93
Outline planning permission for erection of houses
1(F) Redhouse Road, Seafield
Received 23 Mar 1993 - UnknownLIVE/0163/NID/95
Construction of pitched roofs over existing flat roofs
21-79 Mosside Drive, Blackburn
Received 13 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0163/A/92
Proposed signboard
Uphall Depot , Broxburn
Received 9 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/95
Alteration to vehicular access
50B Main Street, Winchburgh
Received 8 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/94
Erection of a conservatory
7 Mill Road, Bathgate
Received 11 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/93
Erection of a house
Plot 13 West Main Street, Armadale
Received 18 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0157/FUL/92
Erection of a house
52 Main Street, Stoneyburn, EH47 8EL
Received 5 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0156/FUL/97
Substitution of house types on plots 101, 102 and 152-160
- Mill Road, Linlithgow Bridge
Received 4 Mar 1997 - DecidedLIVE/0156/FUL/95
Proposed extension to workshop
25 East Main Street, Uphall
Received 8 Mar 1995 - DecidedLIVE/0156/FUL/94
Proposed dormer extension
22 Goodall Crescent, Dechmont, EH52 6LB
Received 11 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0161/FUL/94
Erection of a house
Site At Hartwood Road, West Calder
Received 11 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0161/FUL/93
Extension to house
17 Tippetknowes Court, Winchburgh, EH52 6UW
Received 23 Mar 1993 - DecidedLIVE/0161/FUL/92
Erection of a house
39 Niddry Road, Winchburgh
Received 6 Mar 1992 - DecidedLIVE/0160/P/96
Outline Planning Permission to operate a mini skip hire business including associated ground works and landscaping
105B Sheephousehill, Fauldhouse
Received 7 Mar 1996 - DecidedLIVE/0160/P/94
Outline planning permission for a house
5 Back Station Road, Linlithgow
Received 11 Mar 1994 - DecidedLIVE/0160/H/97
Extension to existing dormer window
6 Birkdale Drive, Uphall
Received 6 Mar 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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