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’.
AN ‘AFFORDABLE housing emergency’ has been declared in East Lothian.
A SIX-YEAR delay to planned upgrades at Sheriffhall Roundabout has left residents and businesses "bearing the brunt" of daily congestion and delays.
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”.
A HOLIDAY flat owner has lost their appeal to keep operating, despite claims fewer than one in five apartments in their block are residential homes.
HEALTH chiefs have been accused of taking all the benefits from local services and leaving East Lothian Council to foot the bill.
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 levy scheme.
EAST Lothian councillors backed a decision to close a recycling centre for good at a private meeting after being told that it was "surplus to requirements".
PLANS for a substation at the centre of a £1.6 billion project to create an "underwater super-highway" are set to get the go-ahead next week.
A NEW theatre for East Lothian will "rise out of the ashes" if plans to demolish The Brunton go ahead, councillors promised campaigners.
