A housing developer accused of making a 'speculative' bid to build on land set aside for employment use is appealing to Scottish Ministers to approve the plans.
East Lothian councillors rejected proposals for 195 new homes on the agricultural site in Tranent after the owners claimed it was not 'commercially viable' to use it for a business development - despite sitting next to the county's second biggest employer.
At the time planning convenor and council leader Norman Hampshire said allowing more housing on land which was not already set aside for residential development in the county would ‘break’ the council.
