Planning application
Midhope Castle Abercorn Newton West Lothian EH30 9SL
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of a shop, two coffee stands, toilet block, pedestrian bridge, fencing and gate (part retrospect)
As published by the council, reference 0499/FUL/26
Application record
- Reference
- 0499/FUL/26
- Type
- Planning Application
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 15 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 15 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Linlithgow
- Parish
- Newton
- Decision by
- Blank Field
- Postcode
- EH30 9SL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Jun 2026
Received by West Lothian
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15 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 9 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
West Lothian took a median of 64 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Gray Macpherson Architects Agent, an architecture practice registered in Edinburgh
Dissolved · incorporated 2013 · Edinburgh
11 applications on PlanIndex · across 6 councils
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
- WEST OF SCOTLAND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES
- SEPA
- WLC ROADS TRANSPORT
- WLC ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
- SUBMITTED PLANS
- EXISTING SITE PLAN
- BLOCK PLAN
- ENTRANCE PLAN
- FARM YARD PLAN
- SECTIONS
- SHOP DRAWINGS
- TOILET BLOCK DRAWINGS
- KIOSK COFFEE SHOP DRAWINGS
- PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE DRAWINGS
- DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT
- A LOCATION PLAN
- DRAWING REGISTER
- APPLICATION PDF
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with West Lothian for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year West Lothian decided full applications in a median of 77 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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