Councillors have called for more power to bring land set aside for jobs onto the market amid claims developers are targeting the sites for 'windfall' housing.
Concerns were raised as members of East Lothian Council's planning committee were asked to decide a planning application for 195 homes on nearly 9 hectares of agricultural land earmarked in their own Local Development Plan (LDP)for employment use.
House developers Mactaggart and Mickel claimed the land at Windygoul, Tranent, was not 'commercially viable' adding that there was an over provision of employment land available in East Lothian.
