06/04/2026
20 February 2026 Lord Braid
The Lord Ordinary, having resumed consideration of the petition and answers, authorises the petitioner to dispose of that part of the Common Good of Bathgate known as Meadow Park Pavilion, which is crosshatched in black on the location plan set out in Schedule 2 of the petition, annexed hereto, by authorising it to grant a lease of the said subjects to Bathgate Thistle Community Football Club upon the terms and conditions of the Proposed Lease set out in Schedule 3 of the petition, also annexed hereto, subject to two additional conditions, viz:
(i) that the proposed lease must contain a provision requiring BTCFC to make the pavilion available to members of the public who wish to use it as a changing room for the grass pitches, as part of the community benefit which the lease is to provide; and
(ii) that it must also contain a provision that BTCFC will not be permitted to change the use of the pavilion but must continue to use it as changing rooms for those using the grass pitches; finds no expenses due to or by any party.
