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20 Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR

0226/FUL/25Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 12 June 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Change of use from office (class 1A) to cafe/restaurant (class 3) and installation of a flue

Received
25 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Bathgate
Agent
Robertson Architecture & Design
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated28 Mar
  3. Consult.12 Jun
  4. Target27 May
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 76 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 20 Whitburn Road Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR. West Lothian has handled 3,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 79 days, 2 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 73 applications across Bathgate. We hold 994 applications in total for the EH48 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
EH48 2HR
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bathgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 March 2025
Last date for comments
12 June 2025
Target decision date
27 May 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Robertson Architecture & Design
Agent address
Field House 17 Clifton Road East Calder EH53 0HJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2021
    7 Jan

    Change of use from cafe (class 3) to office (class 4)

    ApprovedPlanning Application0011/FUL/21

Source: West Lothian

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