Plans to build a ‘grass-roofed’ house next to a listed building have been thrown out after it was branded a 'blot on the landscape' by one councillor.
East Lothian planners refused to grant planning permission for the four-bedroom home next to North Berwick’s Drinking Water Tank, just outside the town, in July this year.
However representatives for applicant Tom Tait challenged officers decision and the council's policy against allowing new houses to be built in the countryside.
