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Eradicate town centre congestion.
Increase supply of affordable housing.
Provide a viable alternative to car usage.
>>Environment: “Wehave7to10yearstodrastically cut carbon emissions, the ideas in the exhibition only scrape the surface”.
>>Legal: “Beverycarefulofdevelopers’promises– make agreements legally binding and punitive if broken”.
>>Location: “Morebrownfieldsitesshouldbeused– agricultural land once developed is lost for good”.
>>Development: “Expansionofanycommunityisnot mandatory; developers will always be attracted to locations where profit can be maximised. Priority should lie with the local population of any future developments”.
Regenerate town centre conservation area.
WhatisnextinourjourneytowardsaLocalPlacePlan?
At the present time, we have no guidance from West Lothian Council on the timetable for when they expect to receive the submission of Local Place Plans, although we expect this to be some time in the autumn of 2022. Irrespective of timetable, the next task for the Linlithgow Planning Forum is to summarise the main points from the exhibition questionnaires and then test these in one final consultation. Whether this is done through another face-to-face workshop and/or through some form of social media event has yet to be decided, but what can be guaranteed is that everyone will have the chance to make final comments before submission of the Local Place Plan to West Lothian Council.
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