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1 Muir Place Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5BF

0086/FUL/26Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 12 May 2026

Council decision: Refuse Permission

Proposal

Change of use from offices (Class 4) to hotel (Class 7) with alterations and extension

Received
9 February 2026
Public comments
12
Ward
East Livingston & East Calder
Agent
Architects Designworks
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.17 Mar
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 81 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 1 Muir Place Houstoun Industrial Estate Livingston West Lothian EH54 5BF. West Lothian has handled 3,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 4 weeks longer than West Lothian's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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 5BF
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Craigshill

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2026
Last date for comments
17 March 2026
Target decision date
17 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Architects Designworks
Architect profile
ARCHITECTS DESIGNWORKS LTD
Agent address
1/6 Dun-Ard Garden Edinburgh EH9 2HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Additional information

Documents
3
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lothian

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