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21B Grange Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DE

0013/FUL/26Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 20 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from Class 5 to form a shop (in retrospect) and a hot food takeaway

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
East Livingston & East Calder
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.13 Feb
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided20 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 21B Grange Road Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5DE. West Lothian has handled 3,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 8 days longer than West Lothian's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 99 applications across East Livingston & East Calder. We hold 1,625 applications in total for the EH54 postcode area.

88% of full applications at West Lothian Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 9 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
EH54 5DE
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Craigshill

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Last date for comments
13 February 2026
Target decision date
22 March 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Additional information

Documents
7
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lothian

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