Planning application
20 Turnhigh Road Whitburn West Lothian EH47 8HX
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 1018/CLU/25
Application record
- Reference
- 1018/CLU/25
- Type
- Certificate of Lawful Use or Development
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refuse Certificate of Lawfulness
- Received
- 19 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 14 Jan 2026
- Decided
- 13 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Whitburn & Blackburn
- Parish
- Whitburn
- Decision by
- Blank Field
- Postcode
- EH47 8HX
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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19 Dec 2025
Received by West Lothian
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14 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Mar 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/0206/REFU/26 (Appeal Lodged)
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Ferguson Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Galashiels
Active · incorporated 2018 · Galashiels
30 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 47% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
3 documents on file for this application
- HANDLING REPORT
- REFUSED PLANS
- REFUSE CERTIFICATE OF LAWFULNESS
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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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