East Lothian Council colleagues were delighted to be part of this year’s East Lothian Tenants and Residents Panel (ELTRP) awards ceremony which, of course, had to be done a little differently. Instead of a traditional event, guests gathered on Zoom to hear about the achievements of the panel,
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The first appointments have been made to East Lothian Council’s new chief officer structure. Delivering a recurring saving of £28,000 per annum, the new structure is designed to ensure that the council has the leadership capacity to deliver on local priorities and develop increasingly ef
Affordable homes including new council houses, have been delivered across East Lothian this year.
East Lothian Council has agreed to publish the fifth Tenant Participation Strategy, a national legal requirement which sets out how the council, as a landlord, will engage with its tenants. The strategy ensures a two-way flow of information between tenants and the council. It sets out what informati
Intensive family support services across South East Scotland are receiving a boost from the City Region Deal. The deal’s Intensive Family Support Service will help families in areas of chronic worklessness and poverty, bringing together the third sector and all six local authorities in South E
Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Mactaggart & Mickel have secured detailed planning permission from East Lothian Council for a residential development on land at Letham Holdings in Haddington.
East Lothian Council has today launched a new project which will offer affordable, sustainable and fair energy for all residents as part of a joint commitment to help eradicate fuel poverty. Powered by People’s Energy, the UK’s only community interest company energy supplier,&n
East Lothian Council has granted full planning permission for a 250-home development in Whitecraig, while an application for a care village at North Berwick was rejected. In 2018, planning permission in principle was granted for a development of 250 homes east of Cowpits Road.
East Lothian Council is seeking views on its proposal to turn the site of a former care home in Tranent into a development of new council homes.
East Lothian Council has granted planning permission in principle plans for 142 new homes to the northwest of Macmerry
Almost £3 million of community partnership funding has been awarded to third sector and other community organisations in East Lothian for 2020/21.
East Lothian Council has approved a document which sets out design standards for new housing developments in the region, including ensuring developments are as close to carbon neutral as possible and take into account biodiversity and the environment.
East Lothian Council has granted detailed planning permission for the first of three affordable housing developments on the Windygoul site in Tranent.
Monica Patterson, chief executive of East Lothian Council, has thanked the region's resilient community groups for their ongoing support during the COVID-19 outbreak.
East Lothian Council approved its 2020/21 budget yesterday agreeing an increase in council tax of 4.84%. Willie Innes, council leader said that this year the council faced a funding shortfall of £4.4 million even after applying the maximum council tax increase.