Tag: West Lothian Council

A landscaping and horticulture company aiming to build a net zero business in the countryside has been given more time to provide vital flood risk reports for the site it wants to develop. GMCb believe that moving...

A number of council homes in West Lothian are set to be sold after the council agreed changes to its buy back policy. Councillors on the Housing services committee agreed proposals which could see homes which are...

Plans to list the Low Port Centre in Linlithgow due to its architectural significance and striking internal mural have been supported by West Lothian Council. Council planners recommended that members of the council Executive back Historic...

Teenage vandals could force more stores in the centre of a West Lothian town out of business, it was warned this week. It comes after Kidzeco – a popular social enterprise selling baby clothes –...

It could be almost a year before the Lanthorn community centre reopens it was claimed this week after it was revealed work on the site had descended into a shambles. Scheduled to reopen at the start...

West Lothian’s charities have seen income drop by 19% in a year when demand for their work is relied on ever more by the public and local government. Charities spend £90m a year operating in the county with...

A restaurant development on a business park in West Lothian will only be able to offer sit down service with no takeaway food or shop added on. The building on the Alba campus has permission to change from...

A review of the loss making Burgh Halls in Linlithgow will not come back to councillors before the Autumn. A report had been expected before councillors at this week’s meeting of the Economy, Community Empowerment and...

The country goes to the polls on 4 July in a long expected, but still surprising election date just as many families will be heading off on holidays. Here’s a guide to what’s going to happen. We also...

West Lothian Council has stopped broadcasting its committee meetings to the public in the run up to the General Election. While most councils have offered live streaming or broadcasting of committee meetings since the Covid pandemic, few...

Homeowners in Livingston have accused one of West Lothian’s biggest Housing Associations of “hiding” from the crumbling concrete crisis that has hit homes in Livingston. Dozens expressed anger that representatives from Almond Housing Association did not join West...

More problems at a notorious West Lothian accident blackspot have prompted councillors to consider road safety measures on the B-roads. The plea followed the latest accident last month on a blind bend in the village of...

Former West Lothian Council offices will be sold to a successful local firm to support the expansion of their business.  The council’s Executive approved the sale of Arrochar House in Livingston’s Almondvale Boulevard to Prestige Leisure...

West Lothian Council has declared a housing emergency as the numbers of people presenting as homeless surges. Councillors heard the housing department has around 1,400 homeless cases, an average of 350 new applications each month and the waiting list sits...

Deans South campaigner Joe Baxter could be remembered in the area he fought so long for by having a park named after him. West Lothian Council is in discussion with Springfield Developments about a new playpark in Deans...

The cost and effort involved in clearing up cut grass makes it impossible for West Lothian Council an official has admitted.As climate change and service cutbacks means that grass is longer there are more complaints...

Plans to build on a field dedicated to the fallen heroes of the First World War have been backed by the Scottish Government. The site where many former soldiers had their ashes scattered had been gifted to...

Councillors have won assurances that the building of a new shopping centre for the Bangour Village housing development will “crack on.”The promises come a month after councillors debated and rejected shop proposals for the centre of...

An industrial scale vacuum cleaner which sucks rubbish  off the streets is the latest tool being deployed by West Lothian council  crews.Three new teams have been created – redeployed from existing  staff – to ...

More than a million visits were made to council services including libraries and partnership centres in West Lothian in the first full year since the Covid lockdown.Ralph Bell, the Customer and Community Services...

Council tax freeze accepted, service costs rise and new changes introduced for binsAlmost £2 million of additional savings have been agreed in West Lothian Council’s budget for the next year.Garden waste charges of £50...

Plans to replace the 1960s town centre development in Linlithgow with a new hotel shopping or arts centre may never happen because the costs could be prohibitive.Plans for the future redevelopment of the...

A garden waste collection charge proposed by West Lothian Council, although it may soon be scrapped if the Scottish Government makes it a statutory serviceWest Lothian Council is expected to introduce a charge on...

One of the last residents of a West Lothian 'ghost estate', condemned after the discovery of the dangerous crumbling concrete, has called for action from politicians to protect homeowners faced with huge bills.Fears have...

An ageing population in West Lothian could bring about a boom in bungalow building.Almost 40% of local people will be  over 75  by 2028 – a figure which far outstrips the national average of 25%.Livingston,...

The development of large new whisky maturation bonds in northern Livingston has prompted a local councillor to call for air quality monitoring to be set up.Conservative Alison Adamson highlighted existing worries of locals at...

The owners of a West Lothian hotel set to become hostel for asylum seekers have admitted to concern over ‘racial anger’ already circulating online.The owners of Bathgate’s Cairn Hotel have confirmed that it has...

The world’s best pipe band has been congratulated on its success by West Lothian councilThere were cross-party congratulations for Bathgate and Boghall Pipe band at this month’s meeting of the full West Lothian Council.And...

West Lothian Council is planning to use its place at the top table of a powerful council lobby group to push for vital improvements to the Avon Gorge road link.The route is regarded as...

Three listed buildings on the site of West Lothian’s  Bangour Hospital will be converted into flats.The historic buildings have been preserved on the site of the former hospital  and will be integrated into the...