The Latest Breaking News from East Lothian Council

The Local Development Plan for East Lothian set aside land for economic development but the council leader accused landowners and developers of failing to bring them forward with more 'lucrative' housing plans being produced instead

The Inch Cape substation will bring energy onshore from a windfarm and connect it with the National Grid continuing the site's long term link with energy.

The proposals for 195 new homes and 14 business units are for land which has been set aside in the council's local development plan to generate employment and planners said the benefits of the units did not outweigh the loss of the site

Haddington Sheriff Court closed eight years ago and talks have been underway between the council, who took ownership of it, and Police Scotland who want to move from the town's police station 300ft away into it and create a new emergency hub

In the first six months of the year the council wrote off almost as much debt as it did during the previous 12 months as businesses folded and called in liquidators

East Lothian Council has also agreed to mothball some offices, turn down the heat in those in use to 18 degrees and shelve plans to refurbish Musselburgh's The Brunton Hall

The local authority announced plans to review 46 trusts it oversees with assets of more than £3.5million in 2018 but four years on Audit Scotland is calling on the council to make more progress

Objectors have claimed they could not get any help when complaining about noise when the site operated on Sundays because the authorities involved did not work at the weekend

East Lothian residents who are struggling to pay for bills are being encouraged to apply for a new £1 million energy fund that can help them heat their homes this winter.

The man has claimed that he reported the road for potholes in both 2020 and 2021 but the damaged surface was left in a poor condition which later caused him to come off his bike.

New measures to tackle rising costs include a freeze on filling non essential vacancies, turning down the thermostats in public buildings, suspending some capital projects and mothballing some buildings.