The council is still struggling to fund new social housing to attack the 10,000 plus waiting list
Over the last two years developers have built more new homes in the county than at any time since records began in 2006.But despite this the council is still struggling to fund new social housing to attack the 10,000 plus waiting list,
Two new high schools have been completed in Winchburgh with the potential for extension, but the primary school age group currently appears to be falling. "Completions were reduced with the Covid-19 construction lockdown in 2020/21 but once the lockdown restrictions were lifted housing completions quickly returned to and then exceeded their previous levels."
The 900 house scenario is one which is most closely related to recent average annual house building rates. This level corresponds well to the Minimum All Tenure Housing Land Requirement set out in the new planning regulations, NPF4, for West Lothian on 9,850 new houses over 10 years. West Calder High School is set to be extended to 1,320 capacity by 2025. Winchburgh Academy and Sinclair Academy have both been designed with further extensions in mind and further demand can be managed through the West Livingston and Calderwood Core Development Area secondary capacity solution.
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