East Lothian Planning Committee met on Tuesday 3 June and discussed three applications; one relating to new council houses and a children’s home at Wallyford and two involving new homes at Blindwells.
The Wallyford application refers to a section of land next to Wallyford Learning Campus, on the wider Wallyford development site, which will accommodate 29 houses, six flats and a children’s home.
The 29 houses will be a mix of eight semi-detached and 21 terraced houses ranging from two to four bedrooms. There will be 12 cottage flats with one or two bedrooms and three-storey flatted blocks will contain one, two and three-bedroom homes. The children’s care home will be a residential home registered with the Care Inspectorate. It will be operated as a residential facility with 24/7 staffing with children staying for varying lengths of time. The home will accommodate four children and one live-in staff member. All of the homes will be owned and managed by East Lothian Council.
No representations had been received on the application and committee members voted unanimously to approve the plans.
Committee members also voted unanimously to approve two applications at Blindwells. No public representations had been received for either application. One, from Hargreaves Services, involved a slight amendment to the mix, house types and position of some properties in a development of 96 houses and 39 flats on the site, for which planning consent had already been granted. 93 of the homes are for private sale and 42 are affordable housing.
The other application, from Bellway Homes Ltd and Hargreaves, contained the detail of a development of 197 houses and 20 flats on part of the Blindwells site, 65 of which will be affordable housing. There will be a mix of two to five bedroom homes; 96 detached and 101 semi detached or terraced. The flats will be eight one-bedroom and 12 two-bedroom.
The relevant application numbers are: Wallyford, 23/01052/AMM and Blindwells 24/00777/AMM, 24/00931/AMM and 21/01580/PM.