Plans for a drive-thru car wash on a former petrol station site next to a large retail park have been thrown out - after planners ruled it was in the countryside.
Applicants Gleam Machine Haddington wanted to open the new car wash and valeting service at the entrance to Haddington, just yards from the Gateside Retail Park which opened two years ago.
But while East Lothian planners acknowledged the proposed site had been a petrol station in the past, they insisted it was still countryside and said the car wash would detract from its surroundings, including the retail park itself.
