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Landscape business given more time to build net zero site plea
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...
West Lothian council agrees changes to its buy back policy
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...
Council support plans to list Low Port Centre in Linlithgow
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...
Warning that West Lothian stores could go out of business due to teenage vandals
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 –...
Lanthorn community centre faces lengthy closure as more work needed
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 see income drop by almost a fifth
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...
Councillors block restaurant’s plan to offer takeaway food
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...
Review of the loss making Burgh Halls in Linlithgow delayed
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...
General election: Advice for voters in West Lothian
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 stop broadcasting committee meetings to public in run up to General Election
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...
Frustration at housing association no show for RAAC meeting
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...
West Lothian councillors to consider road safety measures on B-roads
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 to be sold
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 declares a housing emergency
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...
New playpark could be named after local campaigner
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...
Council is unable to cope with grass cutting
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...
Anger over plans to build on field dedicated to fallen heroes of the First World...
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 assured there will be a new shopping centre at Bangour
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...
West Lothian Council has new way of cleaning streets
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 ...
Library and council office visits surge in West Lothian after Covid disruption
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...
West Lothian budget agreed
Council tax freeze accepted, service costs rise and new changes introduced for bins
Almost £2 million of additional savings have been agreed in West Lothian Council’s budget for the next year.
Garden waste charges of £50...
Plans for replacement of Brutalist development fronting Linlithgow Loch in doubt
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...
West Lothian budget: £50 garden waste charge planned
A garden waste collection charge proposed by West Lothian Council, although it may soon be scrapped if the Scottish Government makes it a statutory service
West Lothian Council is expected to introduce a charge on...
Campaigner calls for change in law on RAAC to protect homeowners
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...
Forecast of bungalow boom in West Lothian
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,...
Councillor demands air quality monitoring around whisky bonds
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...
Owners of hostel for asylum seekers concerned over online racial anger
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...
Pipe band congratulated on its world championships success
The world’s best pipe band has been congratulated on its success by West Lothian council
There were cross-party congratulations for Bathgate and Boghall Pipe band at this month’s meeting of the full West Lothian Council.
And...
City Region Deal will be used to improve important road link
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...
Listed buildings at Bangour will become flats
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...
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