West Lothian

Councillors have rejected plans to build a housing complex for young people in Livingston due to a number of “significant errors” contained within the planning application and a perceived lack of community consultation.

West Lothian Council has approved plans to build 81 flats and houses in the village of Winchburgh.

Winchburgh Developments Limited has confirmed the landscape works have commenced on the Auldcathie District Park and that Perth-based Allison Enterprises has been awarded the contract for the landscaping of work on Phase One of the project which is due to open late summer 2021.

West Lothian Council has granted planning permission for the development of 48 homes in West Calder. Persimmon Homes East will build two, three and four-bed properties with access road, SUDS, landscaping and associated works at the new 1.55-hectare site, on land to the west of Hartwood Road.

West Lothian Council has continued its £144 million investment programme in its learning estate with proposals for up to six brand new primary schools to be built in the area over the next seven years.

West Lothian Council has announced that a £5.8 million redevelopment of Pinewood School in Blackburn is set to get underway from next month.

West Lothian Council will invest over £16 million on planned improvements within local schools over the next seven years. This is in addition to the significant investment in the creation of new schools and Early Learning Centres. The funding is part of the council's overall capital programme

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has detailed plans to West Lothian Council for the provision of 191 new homes located off Longridge Road at Heartlands, near Whitburn.

West Lothian Council has approved plans for a new housing development in the village of Kirknewton Developer CC Drummond learned on March 1 that planning permission in principle has been granted for 48 new residential units.

Construction has started on £7 million state-of-the-art replacement for Cedarbank School in Livingston.

West Lothian Council is set to invest £290 million between now and 2027/28 on assets to support the delivery of essential services.

Proposals for the delivery of a £275 million residential-led mixed-use development and relocation of existing farm space to new state-of-the-art facilities have now been submitted to West Lothian Council.

Plans for a new motorway junction on the M9 at Winchburgh has been given the green light by West Lothian Council.

West Lothian Council has awarded planning permission for a new development of more than 200 homes in Livingston. Bellway Homes Ltd (Scotland East) and Gladman Developments will deliver 179 houses and 32 flats with roads, paths, landscaping and associated works on Gregory Road, Kirkton Campus.

A new £1.5 million early learning and childcare centre in West Lothian has become Scotland's first local authority educational facility to achieve official Passivhaus certification.