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Aldi Distribution Centre Pottishaw Road Blackburn West Lothian EH48 2FB

0472/CLU/25Certificate of Lawful Use or DevelopmentApproved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 28 July 2025

Council decision: Grant Certificate of Lawfulness-ProposedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Certificate of lawfulness for proposed installation of roof-mounted solar photovoltaic panels to 2 Class 6 storage and distribution units

Received
13 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Whitburn & Blackburn
  1. Received13 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.10 Jul
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Aldi Distribution Centre Pottishaw Road Blackburn West Lothian EH48 2FB. West Lothian has handled 286 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 3 weeks quicker than West Lothian's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Whitburn & Blackburn. 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 2FB
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Blackburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2025
Last date for comments
10 July 2025
Target decision date
18 August 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40 Torphichen Street 6th Floor Edinburgh EH3 8JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
60 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
13
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lothian

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