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The council is responsible for the co-ordination of the planning and provision of public services in West Lothian. It works closely with other public bodies such as police, fire and health, through its community planning partnership. West Lothian Council operates country parks at Beecraigs, Polkemmet, and Almondell & Calderwood. [24]
However, the council also owned Lindsay House on South Bridge Street, Bathgate, which had been built as the Burgh Chambers for the old Bathgate Town Council in 1966, [2] and West Lothian House on Almondvale Boulevard in Livingston, which had been built as the headquarters of the Livingston Development Corporation in 1981. [3]
[6] [7] The district council retained the county buildings in Linlithgow as additional office space. [8] In November 2009, the new unitary authority, West Lothian Council, centralised its services at the new West Lothian Civic Centre in Livingston and much of the space in the county buildings in Linlithgow fell vacant. [9]
Council headquarters of East Ayrshire Council located in the administrative centre of East Ayrshire, Kilmarnock. The power vested in local authorities is administered by elected councillors. There are currently 1,227 councillors, [14] each paid a part-time salary for the undertaking of their duties.
West Lothian has a diverse economy and as of 2020 had approximately 4,500 businesses providing almost 72,000 jobs in the area. [47] In 2014, West Lothian Council reported that the five largest employment sectors in the council area were healthcare, construction, retail, manufacturing, and business administration and support services. [48]
The council area borders the Firth of Forth to the north, East Lothian to the east, Midlothian to the south east, Scottish Borders to the south, and West Lothian to the west. About 45% of the council area is the urban area of Edinburgh, which is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth, particularly including the areas north of the A720 City ...
The top tier of local government was the regional council. Services provided at the regional level were those needing greater finance or resources, or best exercised over a wide area. These included police, fire services, consumer protection, education and transport. [1] Each district had an elected district council.
Map of places in West Lothian compiled from this list See the list of places in Scotland for places in other counties. This List of places in West Lothian is a list of links for any town, village, hamlet, castle, golf course, historic house, hillfort, lighthouse, nature reserve, reservoir, river, and other place of interest in the West Lothian council area of Scotland. River Almond Almond ...