West Lothian Council planning applications
Data as of 5 November 2026
West Lothian Council decided more than 800 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 20% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.
Look up one application
Search by reference or address on West Lothian Council’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).
Recent major decisions
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21 October 2026 · Approved
Pearie Law West Calder West Lothian EH55 8LT · 0468/FUL/26
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28 August 2026 · Approved
Baird Road And MacIntosh Road Kirkton Campus Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AZ · 0031/FUL/26
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24 August 2026 · Approved
Brucefield Park East Brucefield Livingston West Lothian · 0494/FUL/26
Figures for West Lothian Council
| Applications decided | more than 800 |
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| Share refusedof those approved or refused | 20%middle UK council 9% |
| Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date | 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days |
| Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings | Not enough typed decisions |
| Appeals decidedin the last three years | 90 |
| Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits | 31%about one in three |
| Officer reports and decision notices searchable | back to 2017 |
| Local Plan policies held | 83plan adopted 2018 |
How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.