Planning application
1 North Street Armadale West Lothian EH48 3QB
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for existing use of office as a flat
As published by the council, reference 0123/CLU/26
Application record
- Reference
- 0123/CLU/26
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness
- Received
- 24 Feb 2026
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2026
- Decided
- 19 May 2026
- Ward
- Armadale & Blackridge
- Parish
- Armadale
- Decision by
- Blank Field
- Postcode
- EH48 3QB
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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24 Feb 2026
Received by West Lothian
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5 Mar 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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19 May 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Appeal: APPL/0236/REFU/26 (Appeal Lodged)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- REFUSED PLANS
- HANDLING REPORT
- REFUSE CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat this refusal means
West Lothian refused this application for the reasons on the decision notice; only the applicant can appeal, and refused schemes often return in revised form. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About lawful development applications
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination that existing or proposed works do not need planning permission; the merits of the scheme are not considered. More in our guide to planning application types.
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