PREPARATORY groundworks have begun for a £46 million new high school at Wallyford, as major new housebuilding in the area continues. The new Wallyford Secondary Learning Campus will be built on farmland west of Masons Way and is expected to take about two years to build. A spokeswoman for East Lothian Council said that the preparatory groundworks would include the erection of fencing around the perimeter, and excavation and removal of topsoil. Ecological surveys of the site have already been carried out. Preparatory work has started on the site of the new high school at Wallyford She said: “The preparatory works will be delivered by East Lothian Council’s development partner Hub South East and Morrison Construction. Morrison Construction has written to residents in neighbouring properties to advise them of the activity. Every effort will be made to minimise disruption during the preparatory works, which are due to complete by early summer.
A PLANNING application has been submitted for a £46 million new high school at Wallyford as major new housebuilding in the area continues. The Wallyford Learning Campus would be constructed on farmland west of Masons Way and is expected to take about two years to build. A playground, sports pitches, landscaping, fencing, lighting, CCTV and an external storage enclosure are included in the plan, which has been lodged by East Lothian Council for the site next to Inchview Crescent, north of the new Wallyford Primary School. About 2,050 new homes are set to be built in the Wallyford area. In April 2016, approval was given by the council to consult on the proposal to establish a new, additional secondary school in Wallyford to serve the Musselburgh area.