Planning application
56 Vancouver Avenue Howden Livingston West Lothian EH54 6BS
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Certificate of lawfulness for proposed use of house as short term let
As published by the council, reference 0167/CLU/26
Application record
- Reference
- 0167/CLU/26
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness
- Received
- 12 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 18 May 2026
- Decided
- 16 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Livingston South
- Parish
- Howden
- Decision by
- Blank Field
- Postcode
- EH54 6BS
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Mar 2026
Received by West Lothian
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18 May 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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16 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
- REFUSED PLANS
- REFUSE CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS
- HANDLING REPORT
- APPLICATION PDF
- LICENCE_FLOOR PLAN
- A LOCATION PLAN
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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