The site of a new £11 million village school has been revealed after a public consultation saw plans to build it on part of of a war memorial park rejected.
Despite concerns about the loss of the only green space in East Linton, its new primary school will be built on open land currently knows as Myra's Field.
East Lothian Council offered people three site options - two involving encroaching into the memorial park site and one, further west which also takes over green space to the west of the more established park area.
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A report to councillors said nearly half of those people who responded to which option they preferred wanted it built on land further from the park.
It said: "Respondents in support of layout A did so for a number of reasons, principally the possibilities for energy efficiency and sustainability and the consolidation of the build in the north west corner keeping the school separate from the wider public park and its amenities including the Memorial Park, skate park, tennis club and football pitch.
"For those who were opposed to development on the education land (Myra’s Field) or Memorial Park in any of the layouts, the main reasons that were proposed (were) loss of green space, development on valuable open
space and the visual impact of any development."
Councillors agreed to approve a new school in the village to replace its existing 140-year-old primary building after a planned extension was dropped..
At the time the council's head of education Nicola McDowell welcomed the decision.
She said: “The data that we hold on East Linton Primary School
and which was shared as part of our Learning Estate Review consultation showed that works are required to bring the existing school up to a modern standard in line with the facilities that we have elsewhere in the county.
“We look forward to working with the school, its families and the wider community to develop proposals that will benefit learners and East Linton.”
The council is now expected to bid for funding towards the project from Scottish Futures Trust (SFT) later this year.
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