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88 Cochrane Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4JD

0363/CLU/26Certificate of Lawful Use or DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 16 July 2026

Council decision: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of house as short term let

Received
7 May 2026
Ward
Bathgate
Agent
Ferguson Planning
  1. Received7 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target19 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 57 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 88 Cochrane Street Bathgate West Lothian EH48 4JD. West Lothian has handled 286 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 7 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 73 applications across Bathgate. We hold 994 applications in total for the EH48 postcode area.

74% of amendment 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 4JD
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bathgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2026
Last date for comments
10 June 2026
Target decision date
19 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
Ferguson Planning
Agent address
38 Thistle Street Thistle Street Edinburgh EH2 1EN

Planning decision

Case officer
Ms Alicja Czarnomska
Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
5
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lothian

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