A decision to let construction lorries mix with rush hour traffic across a busy route to school in West Calder despite refusal by the West Lothian Council has left its leader 'astounded'.
Persimmon Homes appealed to the Scottish Government's Division of Planning and Environmental Appeals (DPEA) last summer after failing to secure an 8am start on a housing development in Hartwood Wood .
And DPEA Reporter Sue Bell dismissed local claims that allowing construction traffic into the rush-hour mix could be dangerous.
