Plans to close a car park in the Bathgate Hills which is popular with stargazers have been criticised by a local councillor.
A consultation process is under way in Bathgate but local SNP member Willie Boyle described it as "Hobson's Choice" as it only offered a single option of closing the car park at night.
And he said the public should have more of a say instead of being asked a loaded question. And he pointed out that the Hilltop car park was designed to serve an access path up to Cairnpapple which has now been fenced off.
Councillor Boyle told a meeting of Bathgate Local Area Committee: "The problem I have is that the consultation is loaded. It offers one option which closing it from seven o'clock at night to seven o'clock in the morning.
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