Plans to develop 160 new homes on Bathgate’s greenbelt have been rejected by West Lothian Council’s planning committee.
Planning officers had rejected the proposals from house builder Taylor Wimpey, arguing the site at Eastoun Farm is outside the settlement of Bathgate and would occupy two open fields. The plans contradict both the existing Local Development Plan and the new National Planning Framework rules brought in in February.
A report to the council outlined that planning permission in principle was sought for the 14 acres of open countryside.
