Charlesfield Cottage Charlesfield Lane Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AJ
Refused on 20 February 2026
Council decision: Refuse Certificate of LawfulnessDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of part of house as short term let and use of annex as short term let
- Received
- 6 November 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- West Lothian Council
- Ward
- Livingston South
- ReceivedReceived6 Nov
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation12 Jan
- TargetTarget Date21 Feb
- DecidedDecided20 Feb
Decided in 60 days (council typically 63)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Charlesfield Cottage Charlesfield Lane Kirkton Livingston West Lothian EH54 7AJ. West Lothian has handled 286 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 6 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 103 applications across Livingston South. We hold 1,625 applications in total for the EH54 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
- EH54 7AJ
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Parish
- Livingston Village
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Last date for comments
- 12 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 21 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 61 days
Site constraints
Source: West Lothian
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