Kirknewton to get 48 new homes despite pressure on GP practices

The village of Kirknewton will see another 48 new homes developed, despite concerns over the pressure on local services being caused by the growing population.

- by Stuart Sommerville

Bathgate firm CC Drummond has won permission in principle to develop a five-acre site bounding Roosevelt Road and the railway line running through the village with "bespoke" housing-including bungalows.

West Lothian Council's Development Management Committee (DMC) heard that the site is part of a larger area that first won permission for development in 2021. However, objectors voiced new concerns about local access, loss of green space and, in particular, the pressures on existing medical facilities.

It was a point raised by local councillor Conservative group leader Damian Doran-Timson who asked: "We haven't received NHS data for East Calder medical practice. Is that something the NHS would provide or is that something we would request?"