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Scotwaste Recycling Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR

1034/FUL/25Planning ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 March 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)16 conditions

Proposal

Application under Section 42 for same development as planning permission 0795/FUL/21 (Improvement of site infrastructure consisting of demolition of existing buildings, provision of new site surfacing and drainage, construction of buildings for treatment of mixed waste materials, offices & maintenance facilities, installation of additional weighbridge and weighbridge office, and increase in waste management capacity from 75,000 tonnes to 300,000 tonnes per annum) without compliance with conditions to vary conditions 2 (contaminated land remediation), 5 (landscape management), 6 (past coal mining ), 14 (landscaping) to allow construction of the weighbridge office prior to discharge of these conditions

Received
24 December 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Bathgate
Agent
AA Environmental Limited
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated12 Jan
  3. Consult.9 Feb
  4. Target11 May
  5. Decided11 Mar

Decided in 58 days (council typically 63)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Scotwaste Recycling Bathgate West Lothian EH48 2HR. West Lothian has handled 3,636 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 2 weeks longer than West Lothian's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 2HR
Application type
Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
Bathgate

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 January 2026
Last date for comments
9 February 2026
Target decision date
11 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AA Environmental Limited
Agent address
AA Environmental Limited 5 Cholswell Court Shippon OX13 6HX

Planning decision

Statutory period
119 days

Additional information

Documents
8
Constraints
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    24 Dec

    Application under Section 42 for same development as planning permission 0795/FUL/21

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions1034/FUL/25
  2. 2025
    24 Dec

    Application under Section 42 for same development as planning permission 0795/FUL/21

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside1035/FUL/25

Source: West Lothian

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