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Originally a small industrial village housing works for the nearby shale mine and works, it now forms the eastern part of the new town of Livingston, which was constructed to the west of Pumpherston in the late 1960s and quickly grew to incorporate Pumpherston in its wider urban settlement, as defined by the General Register Office for Scotland (GROS). 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Draft data; 'other' use undefined."], "for_a_developer": ["Site status: built (housing/golf course). Strategy: redevelop. No parcel/deal data. Peer examples (e.g., La Mirada Mall) used same strategy but no success metrics provided. 'Other' use unclear."], "risks_and_unknowns": ["'Other' new use unspecified. Draft-verified data. No planning or deal details. 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