The Scottish Government has backed plans to tarmac over 61 acres of farmland for industrial use in West Lothian, despite concerns brownfield sites are lying unused.
The move will see the last open fields of Cousland Farm, between Livingston and the village of Seafield on the A705, disappear under a business park.
The council had rejected the proposals last August, backing community criticism, and agreeing with the argument that there are already acres of unused light industrial space in the new town and surrounding villages.
