Plans to create a new restaurant and coffee shop at a West Lothian shopping centre have been delayed over concerns that it could bring too much traffic to the area.
West Lothian’s Development Management Committee (DMC) delayed a decision on revised plans by Z1 Properties for a proposed split-level building containing a 298sqm restaurant/bar and café/ hot food takeaway with balcony terrace, staircase and extended parking at the Bankton Centre in Livingston.
While planning officers said the restaurant, at the eastern end of the shopping centre area - which contains a mix of shops and hot food takeaways - could cater for 227 covers plus a takeaway facility, agents for the applicants said they envisaged no more than 140 customers at most.
