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The Latest Breaking News from East Lothian Council

East Lothian holiday flat forced to close to visitors after councillors 'needed torch'

East Lothian councillors felt properties sharing stairwells with homes were not suitable for holiday lets because it would impact residents.

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East Lothian councillors approve £40,000 bail out for leisure operator over closed pool

The swimming pool is a major stream of income for Enjoy Leisure but has been closed since January after issues with the roof of the building were discovered during a routine maintenance check.

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'Dangerous' Haddington road petition fails to win extra safety measures

Roads bosses at East Lothian Council told residents who wanted a parking ban and claimed people used the road as a pit stop that the parked vehicles helped keep speeds down as drivers had to concentrate on passing them.

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East Lothian council tax will rise by seven per cent as new budget approved

The council is set to charge £35 a year for garden waste collections and reduce household bin collections from fortnightly to every three weeks in bid to cut costs.

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Hundreds sign East Lothian petition calling for action on 'dangerous' road

The principal petition is raising concerns about the road into Haddington for seven years but says nothing has been done to tackle the increase in artic lorries, farm vehicles and people using it as a 'pit stop' day and night

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East Lothian council tax set to rise by seven per cent as council looks to plug £17 million budget gap

The introduction of garden waste collection charges and reduction in household bin collections from fortnightly to every three weeks are also proposed.

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East Lothian drivers face peak rate fees for charging vehicles

East Lothian Council says the peak hours for electricity demand are between 4pm and 8pm every day and they want to discourage drivers who used nearly 100,000kWh of power from their chargers last month from charging during this time

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East Lothian foster carers being 'poached' by outside agencies and bigger councils

Councillors raised concern about foster carers looking after children who are not from East Lothian saying it should be 'local kids for local people, it is that simple'

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East Lothian motocross track saved after council miss removal deadline by five days

Planners and objectors used social media posts and YouTube clips to try and prove the track was not completed in time to avoid the enforcement action but the Scottish Government Reporter ruled it was not 'firm evidence'

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East Lothian workmen left red-faced after spelling error at multi-million pound estate

The sign - spelling out ‘Hoprig Aveune’ - was put up last week as the finishing touches were being laid down at the new Blindwells estate in East Lothian.

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East Lothian council tenants reject 5% rent increase and call for freeze to continue

East Lothian Council has one of the lowest rents in Scotland with most of its homes charged at between £71 and £74 a week - 15% below the Scottish average

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East Lothian's £11.3m levelling-up grant described as 'small beer' by MP - as neighbouring council gets nothing

While East Lothian Council's bid was successful neighbouring Midlothian Council were unsuccessful in their bid for cash to help with major road improvements and have expressed their disappointment and frustration at the decision

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East Lothian councillor asks if £3.4m Cosla fee 'value for money' in cost of living crisis

Councillor Lachlan Bruce says the amount East Lothian pay under Cosla's current funding formula is equivailent to 5% of its council tax revenue branding it 'mind boggling'

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East Lothian councillors bid to protect land set aside for jobs from housing developers

The Local Development Plan for East Lothian set aside land for economic development but the council leader accused landowners and developers of failing to bring them forward with more 'lucrative' housing plans being produced instead

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Final design for East Lothian's controversial 'big shed' power substation approved

The Inch Cape substation will bring energy onshore from a windfarm and connect it with the National Grid continuing the site's long term link with energy.

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East Lothian town's cemetery 'too full' to cope with new housing

The proposals for 195 new homes and 14 business units are for land which has been set aside in the council's local development plan to generate employment and planners said the benefits of the units did not outweigh the loss of the site

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East Lothian police plans for court house move delayed by budget cuts

Haddington Sheriff Court closed eight years ago and talks have been underway between the council, who took ownership of it, and Police Scotland who want to move from the town's police station 300ft away into it and create a new emergency hub

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East Lothian Council write-off almost £5000,000 in bad debt as businesses go bust

In the first six months of the year the council wrote off almost as much debt as it did during the previous 12 months as businesses folded and called in liquidators

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New East Lothian schools plan to be 'slowed' as council looks to cut costs

East Lothian Council has also agreed to mothball some offices, turn down the heat in those in use to 18 degrees and shelve plans to refurbish Musselburgh's The Brunton Hall

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East Lothian charity fund to help the poor gave just £70 to two people last year

The local authority announced plans to review 46 trusts it oversees with assets of more than £3.5million in 2018 but four years on Audit Scotland is calling on the council to make more progress

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East Lothian recycling centre faces noise complaints over Sunday opening

Objectors have claimed they could not get any help when complaining about noise when the site operated on Sundays because the authorities involved did not work at the weekend

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East Lothian residents urged to apply for £1m energy fund as applications open

East Lothian residents who are struggling to pay for bills are being encouraged to apply for a new £1 million energy fund that can help them heat their homes this winter.

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East Lothian biker reports potholed road twice then crashes into crater on it

The man has claimed that he reported the road for potholes in both 2020 and 2021 but the damaged surface was left in a poor condition which later caused him to come off his bike.

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East Lothian Council financial pressures pose 'highest risk ever'

New measures to tackle rising costs include a freeze on filling non essential vacancies, turning down the thermostats in public buildings, suspending some capital projects and mothballing some buildings.

Edinburgh Live

East Lothian locals fume as council set to relocate kids football posts at park

Despite suggestions that the posts will be removed permanently, a spokesperson for East Lothian Council confirmed that they are to be "aligned" somewhere else within the park to avoid future complaints

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