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4 Cathlaw House Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NW

0475/FUL/25Planning ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 3 September 2025

Council decision: Refuse PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use from a flat to short term let

Received
16 June 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
10
Ward
Armadale & Blackridge
  1. Received16 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.3 Sep
  4. Target17 Sep
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 47 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Cathlaw House Torphichen West Lothian EH48 4NW. 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 are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 52 applications across Armadale & Blackridge. 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 4NW
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Torphichen

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2025
Last date for comments
3 September 2025
Target decision date
17 September 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Additional information

Documents
17
Constraints
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lothian

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