Anglers on Linlithgow Loch have won planning permission to replace their decaying wooden pontoon jetty.
Visitors had complained that the jetty was unsafe and difficult to access to some who were put off fishing on the loch.
Planning officials had objected to proposals by Forth Area Federation of Anglers to remove the jetty and replace it with a new purpose-built modular structure made out of a jigsaw of plastic cubes.
Planners said the plastic - initially described as an interlocking grey jigsaw pontoon - would be out of keeping in a conservation area.
Planners said they had a duty “to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of conservation areas” and the plastic jetty would be out of keeping in the heart if the town’s conservation area.
However, there had been no objections to the proposals,and the local MP Martyn Day had written in support of the anglers.
