East Lothian Council

Monica Patterson, chief executive of East Lothian Council, has thanked the region's resilient community groups for their ongoing support during the COVID-19 outbreak.

East Lothian Council approved its 2020/21 budget yesterday agreeing an increase in council tax of 4.84%. Willie Innes, council leader said that this year the council faced a funding shortfall of £4.4 million even after applying the maximum council tax increase.

Councillors in East Lothian have agreed to spend more than £174 million over the next five years on building new council housing and modernising existing stock.

A five-year strategy to tackle the climate crisis has been approved by East Lothian Council. The Climate Change Strategy 2020-2025 sets out the council’s commitment to tackling the climate emergency at a local level and sets out the vision and overall aims for a ‘Net Zero Council’

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has secured detailed planning permission from East Lothian Council for the development of 69 new homes at St Clements Wells in Wallyford.

Monica Patterson has been named preferred candidate for the role of East Lothian Council’s new chief executive. Having spent most of her professional career in local government. Ms Patterson was head of housing services with North Lanarkshire Council before joining East Lothian Council in 2010

Blindwells has been approved as the name of East Lothian’s new settlement.

East Lothian Council is looking for help to choose a name for East Lothian's new town.

LAR Housing Trust’s bid to deliver affordable homes on a site in East Lothian will go ahead after a Scottish Government Reporter dismissed the local authority’s planning refusal. The housing charity’s proposal for four houses and 22 flats on an empty site in Prestonpans was refused

East Lothian Council has expressed concern that changing legislation and a gap in funding could hamper its efforts to tackle homelessness.

East Lothian Council has granted full permission for 150 new homes on a site at the southern side of Gullane.

Veterans Minister Graeme Day has visited a development for disabled veterans being built in East Lothian.

East Lothian Council has given the green light to a number of planning applications which could deliver more than 950 homes in total. Planning permission in principle has been granted for a residential development at Windygoul South, Tranent, including open space, a sports pitch and space for the ex

Work to deliver 800 new homes and a new primary school at one of the gateways into Haddington is well under way with a number of developers on site at various stages of construction.

East Lothian Council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) has been commended at a prestigious planning industry awards ceremony. The LDP had been shortlisted as a finalist in the category for Excellence in Plan Making Practice at the Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) Awards for Planning Excellenc