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20 Turnhigh Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8HX

1018/CLU/25Certificate of Lawful Use or DevelopmentRefused
Lawful development certificate

Refused on 13 March 2026

Council decision: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness

Proposal

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

Received
19 December 2025
Ward
Whitburn & Blackburn
Agent
Ferguson Planning
  1. Received19 Dec
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.4 Feb
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 58 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 20 Turnhigh Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8HX. West Lothian has handled 286 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 3 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 49 applications across Whitburn & Blackburn. We hold 100 applications in total for the EH47 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
EH47 8HX
Application type
Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Whitburn

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2026
Last date for comments
4 February 2026
Target decision date
4 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ferguson Planning
Agent address
38 Thistle Street Edinburgh EH2 1EN

Planning decision

Statutory period
58 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4
Constraints
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: West Lothian

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