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East Lothian motocross track saved after council miss removal deadline by five days

Planners and objectors used social media posts and YouTube clips to try and prove the track was not completed in time to avoid the enforcement action but the Scottish Government Reporter ruled it was not 'firm evidence'

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East Lothian workmen left red-faced after spelling error at multi-million pound estate

The sign - spelling out ‘Hoprig Aveune’ - was put up last week as the finishing touches were being laid down at the new Blindwells estate in East Lothian.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian council tenants reject 5% rent increase and call for freeze to continue

East Lothian Council has one of the lowest rents in Scotland with most of its homes charged at between £71 and £74 a week - 15% below the Scottish average

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East Lothian's £11.3m levelling-up grant described as 'small beer' by MP - as neighbouring council gets nothing

While East Lothian Council's bid was successful neighbouring Midlothian Council were unsuccessful in their bid for cash to help with major road improvements and have expressed their disappointment and frustration at the decision

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian councillor asks if £3.4m Cosla fee 'value for money' in cost of living crisis

Councillor Lachlan Bruce says the amount East Lothian pay under Cosla's current funding formula is equivailent to 5% of its council tax revenue branding it 'mind boggling'

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East Lothian councillors bid to protect land set aside for jobs from housing developers

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

Edinburgh Live

Final design for East Lothian's controversial 'big shed' power substation approved

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.

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East Lothian town's cemetery 'too full' to cope with new housing

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

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian police plans for court house move delayed by budget cuts

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

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian Council write-off almost £5000,000 in bad debt as businesses go bust

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

Edinburgh Live

New East Lothian schools plan to be 'slowed' as council looks to cut costs

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

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian charity fund to help the poor gave just £70 to two people last year

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

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian recycling centre faces noise complaints over Sunday opening

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

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian residents urged to apply for £1m energy fund as applications open

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.

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East Lothian biker reports potholed road twice then crashes into crater on it

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.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian Council financial pressures pose 'highest risk ever'

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.

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East Lothian locals fume as council set to relocate kids football posts at park

Despite suggestions that the posts will be removed permanently, a spokesperson for East Lothian Council confirmed that they are to be "aligned" somewhere else within the park to avoid future complaints

Edinburgh Live

Public buildings in East Lothian set to turn heating down to save costs

Finance chiefs say unless more funding comes from national goverments there will need to be an 'honest conversation' about what services can be provided in the future

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East Lothian family face tearing down £10,000 summerhouse after losing appeal

Even though the land at the side of the house belongs to the owners, East Lothian Council says it is classed as 'public open space' and cannot be enclosed or used as part of their garden

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian family fight to save summerhouse in row over 'open space'

East Lothian Council planners said that even though the couple own the land at the side of their house it had been designated as 'open space' and building on it breached planning rules ordering them to take the summerhouse and fence down

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East Lothian Nurseries to see hourly rates rise by up to 50% for council-funded hours

The council says it has an 'expectation' that private nurseries and other partners who it works with the provide families with 1140 hours of free funded care pay their employees a real living wage but cannot enforce it

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian nursery faces investigation after withdrawing places for children

East Lothian Council removed its 1140 hours funding from Bright Stars four local nurseries after the move claiming it breached equality rules however the group has said it struggled to recruit specialist staff and was acting in the best interests of all its children

Edinburgh Live

Lidl, B&M and Starbucks to open stores in new East Lothian retail park

The shopping giants will open units at the new DunBear retail park in Dunbar in East Lothian after planning permission that is subject to conditions was granted by East Lothian Council.

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Scots homeowner ordered to trim bush by 3cm after row breaks out between neighbours

One resident asked East Lothian Council to issue a High Hedge Notice on his neighbours after claiming repeated requests to cut down the hedge were ignored.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian community trust offers residents warm spaces to escape 'doom and gloom'

The town's local Labour club and Royal British Legion Scotland are hosting weekday events where people can go along for some food and chat in a warm environment in response to the cost of living crisis and energy price rises

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