396sqm nursery and retail building at Land At Beveridge Square, Livingston

What was proposed

The application sought a 396sqm building containing two retail or office units and one nursery unit.

“Erection of a 396sqm building of 2 retail/office (Class 1A) and 1 nursery (Class 10) units on Land At Beveridge Square, Livingston.”

“The applicant seeks to erect a building comprising three commercial units on an area of land adjacent to the existing nursery building located at Beveridge Square in Livingston. The building will adjoin and sit perpendicular to the existing nursery building. There would be the loss of a tree, greenspace and vegetation.”

Officer report

Consultation responses

Roads officers raised no objection, while the flood officer identified flood risk and other consultees advised matters that could be controlled by conditions.

“Noted These matters could be controlled by condition. WLC Environmental Health Officer No Standard conditions are advised with regard to noise during construction works to protect amenity of sensitive receptors.”

“WLC Roads & Transportation No From a Roads & Transportation view, this application can be approved without conditions Noted. WLC Flood Officer No The site is at risk of flooding. Noted. Discussed below.”

Officer report

Public representations

No public representations were made about the application.

“There have been no public representations to the application.”

Officer report

Who spoke

The applicant’s agent and the applicant spoke in support, while a flood-risk consultant was absent and his statement was read aloud.

The committee’s decision

The committee granted planning permission in principle, contrary to the officer recommendation, subject to further flood information and delegated conditions.

“Decision To grant planning permission in principle, contrary to the recommendations in the report, but subject to two additional matters being delegated to the Development Management Manager for resolution to her satisfaction prior to the issuing of the consent, these being (i) satisfactory flood risk information, and (ii) the Committee also agreed that conditions would be delegated to the Development Management Manager.”

Minutes