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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
31,683Searchable 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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 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

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
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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/0127/FUL/94

    Erection of a house

    Plot 15 Eastfield Road, Fauldhouse

    Received 2 Mar 1994
  2. DecidedLIVE/0127/FUL/93

    Alterations to former farmhouse to form 2 houses

    Farmhouse Riddochhill Court, Blackburn

    Received 5 Mar 1993
  3. DecidedLIVE/0126/H/96

    Formation of a driveway

    23 St. Johns Avenue, Linlithgow

    Received 26 Feb 1996
  4. DecidedLIVE/0126/NID/97

    Notice of Intention to develop application to form 2 classrooms and store

    St. Pauls Primary School Main Street, East Calder

    Received 26 Feb 1997
  5. DecidedLIVE/0093/P/92

    Outline planning permission for a house

    Site Opposite Sharps Bank Cottage, Avonbridge

    Received 12 Feb 1992
  6. DecidedLIVE/0092/P/92

    Outline planning permission for 2 houses

    Binny Park -, Ecclesmachan

    Received 12 Feb 1992
  7. DecidedLIVE/0092/A/93

    Proposed free standing sign

    Site At Houston Industrial Estate, Livingston

    Received 18 Feb 1993
  8. DecidedLIVE/0092/FUL/97

    Construction of internal access road

    Appleton Parkway, Livingston

    Received 14 Feb 1997
  9. DecidedLIVE/0092/FUL/96

    Conversion of a ruined outbuilding to a house

    Brunton Farm -, Torphichen

    Received 14 Feb 1996
  10. DecidedLIVE/0092/P/95

    Erection of a house and garage

    Houstonville Bathgate Road, Armadale

    Received 14 Feb 1995
  11. DecidedLIVE/0121/FUL/96

    Change of use from shop to house

    45 South Street, Armadale

    Received 26 Feb 1996
  12. DecidedLIVE/0121/FUL/93

    Proposed nursery, landscape contractors business and erection of a house

    Site At Gavieside, West Calder

    Received 4 Mar 1993
  13. DecidedLIVE/0121/FUL/92

    Erection of a house

    10 Raeburn Park, Polbeth

    Received 20 Feb 1992
  14. DecidedLIVE/0120/H/97

    Extension to house and erection of a conservatory

    11 Burgess Hill, Linlithgow, EH49 6BX

    Received 25 Feb 1997
  15. DecidedLIVE/0115/FUL/93

    Part change of use to sales premises and erection of 2 demonstration garages

    Chickering , Fauldhouse, EH47 9AB

    Received 2 Mar 1993
  16. DecidedLIVE/0111/FUL/95

    Extension to house

    13 Pardovan Holdings, Philpstoun, EH49 7RX

    Received 20 Feb 1995
  17. DecidedLIVE/0111/FUL/94

    Extension to house

    The Williows Camps Industrial Estate, East Calder

    Received 24 Feb 1994
  18. DecidedLIVE/0111/FUL/92

    Extension to rear and dormers to front

    15 Heathervale Walk, Armadale, EH48 2LL

    Received 19 Feb 1992
  19. DecidedLIVE/0110/LBC/94

    Listed Building Consent and planning permission for conversion of disused steading and coach house into 1 house

    Hartwood Steading Hartwood Estate, West Calder

    Received 24 Feb 1994
  20. DecidedLIVE/0110/H/96

    Erection of a garage

    56 Main Street, Fauldhouse

    Received 20 Feb 1996
  21. DecidedLIVE/0110/H/97

    Erection of a garage

    141 Cuthill Crescent, Stoneyburn

    Received 19 Feb 1997
  22. DecidedLIVE/0110/FUL/95

    Proposed dormer extension

    50 Garden City, Stoneyburn

    Received 20 Feb 1995
  23. DecidedLIVE/0110/FUL/93

    Site of office accommodation (temporary buildings)

    Rover Group Site Blackburn Road, Bathgate

    Received 1 Mar 1993
  24. DecidedLIVE/0110/FUL/92

    Conversion of farm house

    3 Parkhead Holdings, Linlithgow

    Received 17 Feb 1992

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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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