Councillors have branded planning appeals "a lottery" and called for consistency and fairness from Holyrood as they questioned why housing developers had won an appeal to build in the countryside .
Ogilvie Homes appealed to Holyrood’s Division of Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA) , against the council’s rejection of their plans to build 104 homes on Hen’s Nest Road in East Whitburn, and one of their officials - known as a Reporter- backed their proposals to build on the farmland that separates East Whitburn from Whitburn.
Local planners, backed by councillors and the public, had complained that the development was unsustainable and would merge the two distinct communities in breach of planning law.
