West Lothian Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

West Lothian Council is the one council for West Lothian: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 4,311 postcodes in use in West Lothian, in 15 postcode districts across 3 postcode areas.

92% of homes and businesses in West Lothian can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.

Its own pages listed
18
Postcodes in use
4,311
Postcode districts
15
Towns and villages
16

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

West Lothian Council

westlothian.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on West Lothian Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for West Lothian Council. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in West Lothian?

Across West Lothian, 92% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 80% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre80% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)92% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)99% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in West Lothian?

Band D for 2026‑27: £1,628 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is nearly two and a half times it.

BandA year
Band A£1,085
Band B£1,266
Band C£1,447
Band D£1,628
Band E£2,138
Band F£2,645
Band G£3,187
Band H£3,988

Band D is the average across the area, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. The figures do not include water and sewerage charges. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band with the Scottish Assessors

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27, published 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in West Lothian

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

EH postcode area: Edinburgh, postcodes in use here:4,285 of 25,448FK postcode area: Falkirk, postcodes in use here:5 of 7,789ML postcode area: Motherwell, postcodes in use here:21 of 9,884

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in West Lothian.

Towns and villages

LivingstonBathgateBroxburnLinlithgowWhitburn, West LothianArmadaleEast CalderBlackburn, West LothianFauldhouseWinchburghWest CalderPolbethMid CalderStoneyburnBlackridgeHarthill, North Lanarkshire

Is an address in West Lothian?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

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What West Lothian covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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