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Council staff facing 'abuse and threats' as 'feral youths run riot' through building

STAFF claim “feral” teenagers are running riot in a major council building in West Lothian and there’s ‘nothing being done to stop it’ ...

The National (Scotland) · May 25

West Lothian reassures householders over concerns about payment office shutting

Council staff have moved to quell concerns about the removal of the rent payment office in Bathgate's Partnership building, highlighting that payments can be made at any shop with a PayPoint service

Edinburgh Live · Jul 12, 2023

Closure of rent payment office will 'leave many struggling'

Plans to stop taking rent and council tax payments in its office at Bathgate’s Jim Walker Partnership Centre are being considered

Daily Record · Jul 6, 2023

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West Lothian plan to withdraw counter for tax payments 'a disservice to vulnerable'

As footfall and visitors returns to pre-pandemic levels in the council's Partnership building, Bathgate councillor Willie Boyle aired concerns and the withdrawal of the payments office for rent and council tax

Edinburgh Live · Jul 3, 2023

West Lothian council houses lying empty for more than three months between tenancies

In the face of stubbornly high waiting lists a range of factors including major refurbishment work keep the number of council homes empty for weeks on end in one West Lothian town

Edinburgh Live · Jun 29, 2023

West Lothian calls on house builders to deliver more bungalows

The current model for new housing, large two story homes packed together, excludes the elderly and disabled from the market - including rental - said councillors .

Edinburgh Live · Jun 12, 2023

Row as farmland set to be tarmacked to become business park

The council had rejected the proposals last August, backing community criticism

Daily Record · May 19, 2023

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Last West Lothian farmland between Livingston and Seafield to become business park

The Scottish Government has backed plans to pave over 61 acres of land despite large numbers of business units lying empty and semi derelict in the new town and elsewhere in the county

Edinburgh Live · May 18, 2023

Developers pledge to preserve wildlife and green space at one of West Lothian's largest new villages

Detailed plans for the first 412 properties at the landmark redevelopment of Bangour Village in have just been granted planning permission by West Lothian Council.

Daily Record · Apr 21, 2023

Green light for huge West Lothian housing development on abandoned hospital site

Builders agreed a range of special efforts to preserve wildlife as the first homes in a new village of almost 1,000 homes are given permission on the Bangour hospital site

Edinburgh Live · Apr 19, 2023

Call for traffic survey in town plagued by bad parking ruled out by cost

Councillors were told the moves for Bathgate would cost £100,000

Daily Record · Mar 28, 2023

West Lothian town traffic survey call sparked by bad parking ruled out over cost

Bathgate councillor told traffic and transport survey he wants for town centre would cost £100,000

Edinburgh Live · Mar 27, 2023

West Lothian new homes plan for former abattoir site on hold over location of social housing

Plans to redevelop a brownfield site in Bathgate have been put on hold for two months after councillors expressed concerns at design details

Edinburgh Live · Mar 15, 2023

West Lothian council houses lying empty 'for weeks' due to energy firm delays

One housing officer spent over three hours on the phone to an energy provider

Daily Record · Mar 8, 2023

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Edinburgh Live · Mar 7, 2023

West Lothian council homes lying empty 'for weeks' due to utility firm delays

It can take up to ten days for repairs teams to gain power access to start improvement work on empty council houses. Now councils are demanding utility companies act quickly to cut costs to the public purse

Daily Record · Feb 24, 2023

Council bosses warned 5.8 per cent council tax rise will 'come back to haunt them'

The SNP has warned councillors the rise - one of the highest in the country - is 'astonishing'

Edinburgh Live · Feb 22, 2023

West Lothian councillors warned council tax rise could come back to haunt them

Labour's 5.8 per cent hike in council tax is defended by the party as practical way to maintain services but other backers are unhappy and the Tories have said they won't support it long term.

Edinburgh Live · Feb 21, 2023

West Lothian hikes council tax by 5.8 per cent to 'save services'

Subsidised buses, free garden waste uplift and libraries protected as finance compromise agreed.

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Daily Record · Feb 21, 2023

Council tax in West Lothian rises by an eye watering 5.8 per cent

But the hike means many services have been saved from the axe

Daily Record · Feb 10, 2023

West Lothian Council will build almost 400 homes in five years

£27m will be used to build new houses and more than £100m will be used to upgrading existing

Edinburgh Live · Feb 9, 2023

West Lothian Council to build almost 400 homes in five years

Councillors agreed a housing budget which will see £27m set aside for new builds and more than £100m to be spent upgrading its existing stock.

Daily Record · Feb 8, 2023

Council tenants warned of 3.5 per cent rise as rent freeze ends

The average rent will now be around £83.22 per week

Edinburgh Live · Feb 7, 2023

Rent freeze ends as West Lothian agree to 3.5% increase to help fund new homes

Councillors voted for a 3.5% a year rent rise, taking weekly rents in April to £83.22

Daily Record · Jan 26, 2023

Call for parking fines on West Lothian streets to end 'dangerous free for all'

West Lothian Council is being urged to introduce parking fines to solve the issue

Edinburgh Live · Jan 25, 2023

Call for parking fines on West Lothian streets to end 'dangerous free for all'

West Lothian Council needs to introduce parking fines to end the dangerous free for all in towns such as Bathgate and Linlithgow, councillors heard.

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