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Development Site At Limefield Mains, Limefield Mains, Polbeth, West Calder, EH55

Land size
2.78 acres

Key Features

  • Planning permission in place
  • Well located
  • Semi-rural location
  • Excellent access links via the A71
  • 8 new build houses
  • 6 houses – steading conversion
  • 4 offices – steading conversion

Description

An exciting development opportunity to acquire land with planning permission to convert an existing steading to form 6 houses and 4 offices and the erection of 8 houses at Polbeth, West Calder extending to circa 2.78 acres (1.13ha).

Available as Whole.

Situation
The site at Limefield Mains Steading is located on the outskirts of Polbeth. Polbeth is a well-located small village, just a 10-minute drive from Livingston and a 20-minute drive from Bathgate.

There is also easy access to the M8 and M9 providing good transport links to the central belt and beyond.

The train station at West Calder provides trains to Glasglow and Edinburgh, and West Calder itself offers a range of local amenities.

Access
From the A71 access to the site is taken from Park Drive on to Stable Lane currently. Please see the enclosed title plan showing the proposed new access for the development. Please contact the Sellers Solicitor for further information.

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Postcode:
EH55 8QL

Directions
From Glasgow join the M8 towards Edinburgh, at junction 4 take the A801 exit towards Bathgate and Whitburn. At the Whitburn interchange take the 3rd exit onto the A801, then turn left onto Main Street / A705 for approximately 1 mile before turning right onto the B792.
Turn left onto A71 and follow before turning right onto Park Drive and continue onto Stable Lane.

From Edinburgh join the A71 for approximately 20 miles before turning left onto Park Drive and continuing onto Stable Lane.

Description
The site at Limefield Mains Steading is located south east of the village of Polbeth and extends to approximately 2.78 acres.

The site benefits from planning permission to convert the existing steading to form six houses (including alteration and extension of 3 existing houses) and 4 offices and the erection of 8 houses. The is granted under planning reference 0203/FUL/23 granted in December 2024, a renewal of previous planning reference 052/FUL/17 by West Lothian Council.

Prospective purchasers should make their own investigations into any planning and building consents and seek relevant professional advice.

Services
It is understood that water and electricity have been on the site previously, however these are currently not in use.

Prospective purchasers should make their own investigations into any services and seek relevant professional advice.

Solicitor
Mellicks incorporating Naftalin Duncan & Co.
FAO J Scot Dickson
160 Hope Street
Glasgow
G2 2TL
DX GW23
Tel:

Health & Safety
Given the potential hazards of the property we request that you take as much care as possible when making your inspection of the property for your own personal safety.

Offers and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Regulations
Formal offers, in the acceptable Scottish form, should be submitted through a Scottish Solicitor to the Selling Agent. Under The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 we are required to carry out money laundering checks on purchasers. To facilitate this and to proceed promptly with submitting an offer, the following documentation must be provided to us in advance (i.e. prior to or alongside the formal offer submission):
- Valid proof of identification
- Proof of current address
- Evidence of purchase method (e.g., Mortgage in Principle, Proof of Funds)
Upon verbal acceptance of an offer, we require to verify the purchaser’s identity and use an online verification service provider to do so. We cannot enter a business relationship with a purchaser until they have been identified. Failure to provide required identification may result in an offer not being considered.

Broadband/Mobile signal
We understand that broadband & mobile reception is available. Buyers are advised to visit OFCOM website for an indication of supply and speeds: //checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/broadband-coverage and carry out their own further due diligence.

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Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-01-29

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 145 Development Land listings in Scotland (1+ acres).

This Property£215,827 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £30,806 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Heating
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • St Mary's RC Primary School833 metres
    Pupils
    172
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Bellsquarry Primary School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    217
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Parkhead Primary School1 mile
    Pupils
    394
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Williamston Primary School1.8 miles
    Pupils
    418
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Livingston Village Primary School1.9 miles
    Pupils
    195
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • West Calder High School0.8 miles
    Pupils
    1,132
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • The James Young High School1.8 miles
    Pupils
    1,197
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Margaret's Academy2.1 miles
    Pupils
    1,106
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Inveralmond Community High School2.9 miles
    Pupils
    1,033
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Deans Community High School3.2 miles
    Pupils
    1,006
    Type
    Non-denominational

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Polbeth, Polbeth727 metres
Morrisons Dedridge Livingston, Livingston1.3 miles
Co-op Scotmid West Calder, West Calder1.3 miles

GP surgery

Murieston Medical Practice LLP1.6 miles

Pharmacy

Right Medicine Pharmacy Limited502 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden87 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

West Calder Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Limefield House355 metres

Typical drive times

Broxburn15 min · 8.7 miles
Whitburn15 min · 8.3 miles
Blackburn9 min · 4.9 miles
Livingston7 min · 2.7 miles
Dunfermline (city)36 min · 25 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)

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