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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26,345 approved · 2,544 refused · 1,684 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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/0085/FUL/93

    Erection of a garage

    49 Birniehill Crescent, Bathgate, EH48 2RS

    Received 16 Feb 1993
  2. DecidedLIVE/0085/P/92

    Outline planning permission for a house

    Westwood View , West Calder

    Received 11 Feb 1992
  3. DecidedLIVE/0084/FUL/97

    Erection of a house and garage

    Plot 8 Woodbank Farm, Armadale

    Received 12 Feb 1997
  4. DecidedLIVE/0111/H/97

    Extension to house

    12 Carmelaws, Linlithgow

    Received 21 Feb 1997
  5. DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/95

    Extension to house

    53 Oakbank Avenue, East Calder

    Received 9 Feb 1995
  6. DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/94

    Development of site to provide 1 house, office/workshop/garages for builders business, garden centre, market garden and tree nursery

    Swinabbey , East Whitburn

    Received 14 Feb 1994
  7. DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/93

    Erection of a conservatory

    1 Waldie Avenue, Linlithgow

    Received 12 Feb 1993
  8. DecidedLIVE/0077/FUL/92

    5A71 improvement from Coxydene eastwards to the Edinburgh City Bypass

    - A71, Wilkieston

    Received 6 Feb 1992
  9. DecidedLIVE/0076/P/93

    Outline planning permission for 11 houses and associated access

    Clarendon Farm -, Linlithgow

    Received 11 Feb 1993
  10. DecidedLIVE/0076/H/96

    Erection of a garage

    102 East Main Street, Whitburn

    Received 8 Feb 1996
  11. DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/96

    Re-development of existing service station

    Avon Service Station Falkirk Road, Linlithgow

    Received 6 Feb 1996
  12. DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/95

    Change of use to a coffee shop

    227 Main Street, East Calder, EH53 Orw

    Received 6 Feb 1995
  13. DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/94

    Change of use from hotel to public bar

    56 East Main Street, Broxburn

    Received 11 Feb 1994
  14. DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/93

    Change of use from open space to private garden ground

    82 Ladeside Road, Blackburn, EH47 7JT

    Received 11 Feb 1993
  15. DecidedLIVE/0072/FUL/93

    Erection of a house

    Bents Cottage Fauldhouse Road, Stoneyburn, EH47 8DB

    Received 11 Feb 1993
  16. DecidedLIVE/0072/FUL/92

    Extension to house

    Millhaugh Cottage Mill Road, Bathgate, EH48 4BJ

    Received 5 Feb 1992
  17. DecidedLIVE/0071/P/95

    Outline planning permission for erection of office/store room

    28/26 West Main Street, Whitburn

    Received 6 Feb 1995
  18. DecidedLIVE/0071/H/96

    Erection of a conservatory

    13 Murrayfield Terrace, Blackburn, EH47 7DE

    Received 6 Feb 1996
  19. DecidedLIVE/0071/H/97

    Extension to house

    13 West Bankton Place, Livingston

    Received 6 Feb 1997
  20. DecidedLIVE/0071/FUL/93

    Extension to shop premises

    50A Main Street, Winchburgh

    Received 11 Feb 1993
  21. DecidedLIVE/0071/FUL/92

    Change of use to industrial for use as a workshop/office for steel fabrication, agricultural engineering and general motor engineering

    Nethersheilds Farm , East Calder, EH53 9DZ

    Received 4 Feb 1992
  22. DecidedLIVE/0070/FUL/97

    Part change of use to form a house

    42 Main Street, Winchburgh, EH52 6UL

    Received 6 Feb 1997
  23. DecidedLIVE/0087/FUL/96

    Installation of roller shutters

    10 West Main Street, Broxburn

    Received 12 Feb 1996
  24. DecidedLIVE/0087/FUL/95

    Erection of 26 sheltered housing flats

    Carron Site Glasgow Road, Bathgate

    Received 9 Feb 1995

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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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