Plans to build 160 new homes on open fields, which were refused amid concerns over the impact on traffic the loss of farm land, have gone to appeal with the Scottish Government.
West Lothian Council’s Planning Committee last month rejected an application by Springfield Properties to build on fields at Burnhouse farm at the eastern end of the village of Dechmont.
The house builder is looking for permission in principle to build 160 new homes on the land which rises from the north side of the village Main Street and is divided by a narrow B-road leading to Linlithgow.
