East Lothian Council

East Lothian Council must enact significant reforms to its public services as it contends with the dual pressures of rapidly growing younger and older populations and a looming £46 million budget shortfall, the Accounts Commission has warned.

Major plans to bring a multi-million-pound town centre and more affordable homes to Blindwells have been unanimously approved by East Lothian Council. The proposals by regeneration and development specialist Hargreaves Land will see new shops, offices and business space constructed on a 5-hectare pl

East Lothian Council has appointed a new head of development. Keith Dingwall will step into the role from his current position as the council’s service manager for planning and chief planning officer.

East Lothian Council has made good progress towards achieving targets set out in the Local Housing Strategy 2024-2029, including delivery of new affordable housing units and a reduction in homelessness cases, councillors have been told.

East Lothian Council has granted planning permission for 51 new homes at the former Herdmanflat Hospital site in Haddington.

Laurence Rockey has taken up his new role as East Lothian Council's chief executive. Laurence was latterly director of the Scotland Office, a role he held since November 2020.

Rents for East Lothian Council tenants will increase by 6.5% from April, an average of £5.25 per week, after elected members approved the local authority's budget for 2025/26.

Members of East Lothian Council will meet next week at a special meeting to consider the authority’s budget for 2025/26.

East Lothian Council has announced that Laurence Rockey is preferred candidate for the role of its new chief executive.

Proposals by East Lothian Council to develop homes on the site of the former Wallyford Primary School have now reached the planning stage.

An update on the funding settlement for local government and its implications for East Lothian Council’s 2025/26 budget was provided at a cabinet meeting this week. With full details of the local government settlement still to be confirmed, elected members heard that the council may see a fund

East Lothian Council is holding a ‘key amnesty’ throughout January when council tenants breaking the law by subletting their council property have the chance to hand their keys back in order to avoid legal action.

East Lothian Council has submitted an application for phase one of the redevelopment of the former Herdmanflat Hospital site.

Monica Patterson, chief executive of East Lothian Council, has announced that she is to retire from her role in February 2025. Ms Patterson, who has been chief executive for almost five years, has spent most of her professional career working in local government.

East Lothian Council agreed to declare an Affordable Housing Emergency this week.