West Lothian

Proposals have been announced for the delivery of new neighbourhood facilities at Southdale, the £300 million mixed-use development in West Lothian. Located immediately south of Armadale, the overall Southdale project has the potential for around 2,000 houses and flats if future phases are consente

(from left) Richard Park (operations director - Hub South East), Brian Houston (NHS Lothian chairman), Maureen Watt MSP, George Walker (chairman of the Edinburgh Integration Joint Board), Michael Graham (group executive chairman of Graham Construction) Iain Graham (director of capital planning, NHS

Plans to deliver a new £32 million West Calder High School have been approved by West Lothian Council. The new 1,100-capacity school will be built by Morrison Construction near Parkhead Primary.

In the foreground: West Lothian Council Leader John McGinty (left) handing over the keys to contractor Barry Simpson, construction director from Maxi Construction. Back row – Alistair Shaw, West Lothian Council, Councillor Dave King, executive councillor for culture and leisure, Marjory MacKie and

A proposed updated planning document covering Edinburgh and South East Scotland is to be discussed during a public meeting next week. The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) aims to prepare and maintain an up-to-date Strategic Development Plan whi

Blackburn Partnership Centre Construction of the new Blackburn Partnership Centre will start in the next few weeks after the final contract was agreed.

ISG has been appointed to carry out a multi-million pound project to extend the Scottish headquarters of supermarket group Aldi. Aldi, which plans a further eight new stories in the country this year, is extending capacity at its regional head office building in Bathgate, with ISG constructing a two

West Lothian Council will spend over £109 million over the next two years improving and increasing its council housing stock. Approved at a meeting of the council executive last week, the investment will see over £76m spent on building new council houses.

John McGinty West Lothian Council has vowed to ensure that key infrastructure areas such as education and roads are protected as it gets set to agree its revenue budget for 2016/17 tomorrow.

A £2.5 million primary school extension project is underway in West Lothian. Improvement work is being carried out to the Toronto Primary School in Howden.

Plans to build over 800 new homes on the site of the former West Lothian hospital are to continue after councillors failed to reach a decision on the application. The proposal for a residential and mixed use development at the former Bangour Village Hospital site in Dechmont was discussed at a meeti

Andrew Burns Partners behind the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Deal hope to have a deal agreed by early next year after both the UK and Scottish governments showed their commitment to the £1 billion project.

The £1 billion Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland City Region deal will reach a major milestone today as the six bid partners submit their proposal to the Westminster and Scottish governments. The bid partners, East Lothian, the City of Edinburgh, Fife, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West L

Andrew Burns Business leaders throughout Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland are being urged to pledge their support for a proposal designed to accelerate growth in the region.

West Lothian Council has won two appeals against decisions to reject planning applications in Burghmuir and Clarendon. Scottish Government Ministers upheld the council's decision to reject permission for approximately 320 new houses on the sites in Linlithgow.