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Edinburgh Live
Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

Midlothian couple can keep shutters as only one side of street in conservation area

The owners of a community-backed clinic which faced closure after they were ordered to remove security shutters have won their appeal to keep them in place.

Husband and wife team Marc Stuart and Ying Peng opened the Penicuik Podiatrist Clinic in February this year on the town’s John Street.

But within a month they feared they might have to close after Midlothian planning officers said a security shutter installed at the new business needed planning approval and then refused to grant it.

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