PLANNING APPLICATIONs
Cleugh Brae
A full planning application was submitted to West Lothian Council at the end of January 2025.
Site layout design has been progressed following initial public consultation and pre-application consultation with West Lothian Council officers. Key elements include:
· A formal, equipped Local Park in the centre of the site which will serve not only new homes at Cleugh Brae but the local community. Additional greenspaces on western, northern and eastern edges of site to create new amenity
· 184 new houses and 30 new apartments with a range of housetypes including 53 affordable homes to be delivered by Persimmon’s partner Registered Social Landlord.
· First phase of a new park and ride car park with space to expand, alongside space for bus interchange/drop-offs and cycle storage with a link to the rail station.
· Path links through the site from Cleugh Brae in west to the A71 in the east.
· New priority junction on the A71 to provide access – this replaces previous roundabout proposal as a more efficient approach which will enable a longer term upgrade to a roundabout once the larger Gavieside site is at a more advanced development stage.
A full suite of documents including all design, housetype, landscape and engineering drawings and supporting assessments will be available to view on the West Lothian Council Planning Portal once the application is registered.
Gavieside
An application for planning permission in principle (with design framework/masterplan) was submitted to West Lothian Council at the end of January 2025.
The design framework provides a long-term strategy for a mixed-use development including:
· Around 2,800 new homes (full range of housetypes provided to create mixed community) including 25% affordable housing provision.
· A Neighbourhood/Village Centre located in the centre of the site close to the existing Gavieside Farm on either side of the B7015 – this will include new public space, up to 2,500m2 space for local retail, up to 2,000m2 space for other uses such as cafes, nursery, gym, offices etc within a mix of stand-alone units and ground floor units with apartments above.
· A site for a care home, located adjacent to the park and village centre
· A new Gavieside Primary School, located close to the village centre on the north side of the B7015, to be operational by the end of the first phase of new homes with space to expand to cater for the whole site.
· Around 8 hectares of employment land for Class 4, 5 and 6 uses (office, storage, distribution).
· A new Neighbourhood Park plus a network of Local Parks, linear parks, amenity space and blue-green drainage infrastructure, with links to surrounding path network.
· Roads/active travel infrastructure including a new path route between Gavieside Village centre and West Calder Rail Station, new Gavieside Bridge on B7015 (old bridge retained for cycle/walking route), a new public transport and cycle/walking link to MacIntosh Road, a realigned Mossend Road and Stepend junction and new link road between Mossend and the A71 in latter stages of development.
A full suite of documents will be available to view on the West Lothian Council Planning Portal once the application is registered.
Further updates will be provided during the planning application process.
