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  • 3 days ago | insider.co.uk | Marie Sharp

    Scientists are set to use a shipping container to help them develop tropical seafood using artificial intelligence on land in Midlothian. Midlothian Council planners have given the go ahead for the container to be placed on Dryden Farm, Roslin, which is owned by the University of Edinburgh.

  • 3 days ago | insider.co.uk | Marie Sharp

    Hundreds of residents in a new East Lothian town face a wait of two years before they have their own shops. Planning permission for Blindwells town centre has still to be granted by East Lothian Council, despite more than 340 houses now being occupied. The lack of shops and community facilities has led to one local community council accusing those involved of taking a ‘piecemeal’ approach to the housing estate.

  • 4 days ago | thenational.scot | Marie Sharp

    Planning permission for Blindwells town centre still has to be granted by East Lothian Council despite more than 340 houses now being occupied. The lack of shops and community facilities has led to one local community council accusing those involved of taking a "piecemeal" approach to the development which has created a large housing estate.

  • 1 week ago | eastlothiancourier.com | Marie Sharp

    Leanne Montgomery appealed to Scottish Ministers after East Lothian Council refused to grant a change of use for her second-floor flat on High Street to a short-term let. She told them that use of  the holiday flat "helped the economy"; however, the Scottish Government Reporter ruled that its local impact was irrelevant. And they said the flat owner had provided no evidence that it was mainly used by professionals, as had been claimed.

  • 1 week ago | eastlothiancourier.com | Marie Sharp

    SHOP owners are warning that council plans to restrict free parking in their town centre to just 30 minutes will ‘kill’ the high street. East Lothian Council's plans for parking charges in Haddington have prompted an angry reaction from residents and traders. Town centre shops have copies of a petition opposing the proposals on their front counters, along posters urging support to stop the plans, while a public meeting has been arranged.

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