East Lothian Council

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.

East Lothian Council has lodged a Pre-Application Notice (PAN) for the masterplan to redevelop the former Wallyford Primary School. As part of the planning process, a three-month public consultation will be carried out.

East Lothian Council has made changes to its housing allocation policy to ease the extreme pressure on the homelessness service and provide improved outcomes for its homeless clients.

A plan to tackle poverty across East Lothian over the next four years was approved at a full council meeting yesterday.