Whitburn & Blackburn planning approval rate
Whitburn & Blackburn ward in West Lothian has a 89.5% approval rate based on 1,205 planning decisions. West Lothian overall: 90.7%.
Last updated: March 2026
89.5%
ward approval rate
1,205
Decisions
1,079
Approved
126
Refused
90.7%
West Lothian average
Whitburn & Blackburn is broadly in line with the West Lothian average — neither notably strict nor notably permissive.
How Whitburn & Blackburn compares
Whitburn & Blackburn ward
89.5%
West Lothian overall
90.7%
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Recent decisions in Whitburn & Blackburn
0077/H/26
Extension to house · Thu 05 Feb 2026
0075/H/26
Extension to house · Wed 04 Feb 2026
0054/H/26
Extension to house and installation of decking · Tue 27 Jan 2026
0030/H/26
Rear and side extensions to house (amendment to 0866/H/25) · Thu 15 Jan 2026
0023/H/26
Two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of house · Mon 12 Jan 2026
What gets approved near your property?
In West Lothian, 1 in 11 applications are refused. Your PlanningLens Pro Report gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
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✓ Appeal success rates
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✓ Common refusal reasons in West Lothian
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Less than one set of revised drawings. Based on 13,423 decisions.