Notice of the Meeting of Planning Committee
3 September 2024, 10.00am
Council Chamber, Town House, Haddington (and via hybrid meeting system)
1. Minutes for Approval
a. Planning Committee, 4 June 2024
b. Planning Committee, 25 June 2024
2. 24/00001/SGC: Energy Consents Unit (ECU) Consultation: Proposed windfarm and battery energy storage system on land at Newlands Hill, East Lothian Council’s Response
Note: This application has been called off the Scheme of Delegation List by Councillor Jardine for the following reason: There has been a significant community interest both in support and opposition to the application, sufficient to warrant consideration by the Planning Committee.
3. Planning application no. 24/00672/P: Erection of three houses and associated works, Land West of The Stables, Main Street, Elphinstone
Note: This application has been called off the Scheme of Delegation List by Councillor Menzies for the following reasons: Refusal reasons 1, 2 & 4 could equally apply to the adjacent site where 90 plus homes are planned and further development of an additional 100 plus homes is planned. While it is right and proper that officers would refuse under delegated powers, I believe that fairness and equity of access deems that Councillors should decide the outcome of this application. This area was not on the LDP, but as the LDP is now being replaced, that decision should (in my opinion) sit with the Planning Committee. To have a local resident and owner of the land refused, whilst a national developer is granted permission for a development that could be 60 times the size seems, on first sight, to be unfair, and I believe the Committee members should decide this outcome.