East Lothian

A typical home by Taylor Wimpey Property developer Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has secured planning permission for more than 100 new homes in East Lothian.

Plans have been formally submitted to “significantly expand” the visitor centre at Lowlands distillery Glenkinchie. Diageo’s plans centre around the renovation and conversion of Glenkinchie’s traditional red brick warehouse buildings into a multi-levelled visitor experience, which will inclu

Planning applications for 68 homes at Dunbar and works at three Ash Lagoons at Levenhall Links have been given the green light by East Lothian Council. Councillors on the local authority’s planning committee heard that the site south of Dunbar’s Brodie Road had previously been earmarked for a ho

East Lothian Council can now proceed with providing land for more than 10,000 new homes after the East Lothian Local Development Plan 2018 (ELLDP 2018) was approved by the Scottish Government. The ELLDP 2018 will be used by the council to help determine all planning applications which are put forwar

Two key milestones have been reached at the £70m East Lothian Community Hospital project being built by Morrison Construction, with the steel structure now complete and all factory-built bathroom pods delivered to site.

Young people with charity Action for Children have visited Morrison Construction’s £18.9 million Wallyford Primary School project as part of a four-week employability programme. Action for Children works with youth to help them overcome disadvantage, including providing employability support in p

Planning permission has been refused for a proposed mixed use development at Kingslaw in Tranent. Members of East Lothian Council’s planning committee met to discuss a series of applications. Nine committee members agreed with the planning officials' recommendation to refuse the Kingslaw proposal

Refreshed designs for the next phase of housing at Lethington Gardens – part of the wider Letham Mains development to the west of Haddington, East Lothian – have been given the green light. Planners have approved an application from Mactaggart & Mickel Homes for 60 properties for private sal

Proposals for residential development at Longniddry South will be unveiled to the public next week. Developers Cruden Homes (East) and ZeroC will be displaying their proposals for development at the Longniddry Inn on August 29 from 3pm to 8pm.

Plans for the Edinburgh Innovation Park Prime Minister Theresa May and First Minister Nicola Sturgeon will formally sign off a deal that will bring £1.3 billion worth of investment into the South East of Scotland.

The former power station was razed to the ground in September 2015 East Lothian Council has recommended that Scottish Ministers refuse planning permission for an electricity substation on the former Cockenzie Power Station site.

113 homes are planned for Orchard in East Linton Housebuilder Stewart Milne Homes has gained planning permission for several new developments in East Lothian and made significant investment in land acquisition across the region.

The former power station was razed to the ground in September 2015 Councillors in East Lothian are seeking talks with the Scottish Government after Ministers decided to call-in plans to develop the former Cockenzie Power Station site.

(from left) David Small (chief officer, East Lothian Health and Social Care Partnership), Paul McGirk (chief executive, Hub South East), First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, Andrew Milne (project director, NHS Lothian), Philip Galbraith (project director, Morrison Construction) First Minister Nicola Stur

The wait is almost over for the East Lothian Community Hospital as the project takes another major step forward this week. The keys to the freshly completed Out-Patients Department were given to NHS Lothian on February 23 and will open to patients from March 12.