Tag: East Lothian Council
First images of how a controversial new ‘village’ for older residents in East Lothian...
First images of how a controversial new ‘village’ for older residents in East Lothian will look have been unveiled.
The housing plans for the former Herdmanflat Hospital site in Haddington, will create affordable homes designed...
Green belt lodges at South Melville get go ahead
Plans for 11 luxury holiday golf lodges have been given the go ahead despite failing to secure support from the course next door.
Haddington-based developer David McMillan appealed after planners initially rejected his proposal for...
Home owners in East Lothian need to take responsibility for fly tipping
Home owners must take responsibility for ensuring ripped out kitchens and bathrooms are not dumped illegally, a councillor warned this week.
East Lothian Councillor Colin McGinn said more and more fly tipping reports coming to...
Police in East Lothian pledge to tackle ‘misery’ caused by youth behaviour
Police have pledged to tackle antisocial behaviour in East Lothian’s biggest town after a small group of youths were blamed for bring misery to the lives of locals.
Nearly half of antisocial behaviour complaints made...
False alarm calls in East Lothian drop thanks to new fire crew policy
The number of false alarms fire crews in East Lothian have had to respond to has fallen to its lowest in the last five years after they stopped automatic responses to businesses.
Scottish Fire and...
East Lothian golf club takes over management from council
Members of an East Lothian golf club are being given the chance to run it themselves after agreeing a deal to take over management from the local council.
Winterfield Golf Club is set to sign...
Plans approved to introduce parking charges in North Berwick
Plans to introduce parking charges in an East Lothian seaside town have been approved despite hundreds of objections from local residents.
East Lothian councillors backed the revised plans for new traffic orders covering North Berwick to...
East Lothian residents could face 10 per cent council tax hike
People in East Lothian could face a 10 per cent rise in council tax next year after the Scottish Government lifted a freeze on putting it up.
Cabinet secretary Shona Robison announced the decision to end...
Golfer objections over new parking charge plans rejected
Members of North Berwick Golf Club have appealed to East Lothian Council to make them exempt from parking charges due to be introduced on the streets around their club.
A report to councillors next week...
Home owner says CCTV row has had ‘horrendous toll’ on health
A home owner who claims a neighbour’s CCTV camera has pointed into her bathroom window for 14 months says the fight to remove it has had a ‘horrendous toll’ on her health.
East Lothian Council’s...
East Lothian Council pauses plans to reduce speed on former A1
Controversial plans to reduce the speed limit on a major East Lothian road so a cycle path could be built have been put on hold.
East Lothian Council had planned to reduce the speed on...
Bin sheds ordered to be removed after appeal
Residents in an East Lothian street have lost their fight to keep their bin sheds after building them on shrubbery beds outside their garden gates.
Home owners living in Pithead Heights, Prestonpans, created the wooden...
Haddington shop that broke rules for Euros gets more space
A newsagent’s shop caught selling double the amount of allowed booze during Euros 2024 has been given to go ahead to keep the extra sales space.
The Premier Store, on Haddington’s High Street, had been...
East Lothian Council leader ‘misdirected’ committee, appeal claims
A council leader has been accused of ‘misdirecting’ colleagues after a family lost out on their bid to build new homes next to their business by a single vote.
Carol Auld launched a bid to...
‘Intrusive’ CCTV camera still in place six months after removal ruling
A CCTV camera, ordered to be removed after claims it pointed into a neighbour’s bathroom, is still in place nearly six months after the ruling.
East Lothian councillors refused planning permission for the camera at...
Hundreds of school children evacuated due to emergency gas repairs
Hundreds of school children had to be evacuated today after emergency gas repairs had to be carried out on the street outside their school.
Children attending St Gabriel’s Primary School and nursery were moved as...
East Lothian village residents anger over sewage and disruption
Angry residents in a small East Lothian village are having to put up with tankers pumping raw sewage at the bottom of their gardens after nearly 100 houses were built with no mains link.
The...
Rural house appeal win after it is described as ‘beautiful’
Plans to convert an ex-serviceman’s cottage into a new sustainable home have been backed on appeal after one councillor described the design as ‘beautiful’.
East Lothian Council’s planners had rejected the proposal to extend the...
East Lothian councillors declare ‘affordable’ housing emergency
Councillors in East Lothian have declared an ‘affordable housing emergency’ amid claims they are just ‘days away’ from losing promised land on new developments.
A special meeting of elected members was called to discuss the...
Community groups in East Lothian urged to apply for grants from annual fund
Community groups in East Lothian are being urged to apply for grants from an annual fund which has given out up to £1 million in the past.
East Lothian Council’s One Council Partnership Fund has...
Housing crisis as East Lothian Council expects to lose 1200 affordable homes
East Lothian Council is set to become the latest local authority to declare a housing emergency after officers warned it was likely to ‘lose’ more than 1200 affordable homes over the next five years.
A...
Claims housing estate sewage being emptied into village drains
An East Lothian councillor has claimed trucks full of sewage from a new housing estate are being emptied into a village’s main drains system.
Bellway Homes, who are developing the site, were accused of causing anxiety among...
Gamekeeper wins his fight to build a family home in the countryside
A gamekeeper has won his fight to build a family home in the countryside after councillors were told the job is an ‘integral part of farming and agriculture”.
East Lothian planners refused Gary McPherson’s application...
North Berwick holiday let owner loses appeal
A holiday flat owner has lost their appeal to keep operating despite claims less than one in five apartments in their block are residential homes.
TM Lettings, who run the short term holiday flat in...
Council leader ‘shocked’ as local care board gives £3m surplus cash to NHS
Health chiefs have been accused of taking all the benefits from local services and leaving a council to foot the bill in a row over a £3million bail out.
East Lothian Council leader Norman Hampshire said...
Plans to draw up tourist tax scheme for East Lothian get green light
Visitors to East Lothian may have to pay a tourist tax in the future after councillors gave the go ahead to plans to draw up a new levy scheme.
A meeting of elected members this...
East Lothian councillors vote by majority to shut recycling centre
East Lothian councillors backed a decision to close a recycling centre for good at a private meeting this afternoon after being told it was ‘surplus to requirements’.
Nearly 2,000 people signed a petition demanding the...
Brunton Theatre will ‘rise out the ashes’ councillors promise
An East Lothian theatre will ‘rise out of the ashes’ if plans to demolish it go ahead, councillors today promised campaigners.
The Brunton Theatre, in Musselburgh, is to be formally mothballed more than a year...
East Lothian Council to build path at football pitch for elderly
A footpath around the edge of a town’s football ground is set to be built to help elderly residents of a care home get to local shops and services.
Tynebank Road is home to Haddington...
Nearly 700 people sign a petition to save much-loved Brunton theatre
Nearly 700 people have signed a petition to save a town’s much-loved theatre within 24 hours of it being launched.
The Brunton Theatre, Musselburgh, is described as the ‘beating heart’ of its community by campaigners...
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