Certificate of Lawfulness approval rate in West Lothian
Approval rate withheld for West Lothian. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. The published record does not contain enough usable decision-date information to establish sufficiently complete and current coverage. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
Last updated: October 2026
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certificate of lawfulness approval rate
92
Certificate of Lawfulness decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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West Lothian overall
How certificate of lawfulness applications compare in West Lothian
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West Lothian all types
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Other application types in West Lothian
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Certificate of Lawfulness
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Listed Building
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Discharge of Conditions
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Trees
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