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Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

Council refusal of East Lothian car wash in 'countryside' branded 'unreasonable'

A decision by East Lothian planners to class a potential car wash site as countryside has been described as 'unreasonable' by the firm behind it.

Gleam Machine, which is based in Dunbar, want to open a drive-thru car wash on a former petrol station site at the gateway into Haddington.

However when they applied for planning permission it was rejected after East Lothian Council ruled the land, which overlooks a modern retail park and large petrol station was in the countryside.

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