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AN EXPANSION of Elphinstone has been rubber-stamped almost 18 months after councillors gave it the go-ahead. Eighty new homes to the west of the village were approved by members of the local authority’s planning committee in December 2019. Now, the plans have been signed off by the planning department, with various technicalities ironed out. The scheme, which will be built between Tranent Road and the village’s football pitch, will see 76 new houses built alongside four flats. Highland Residential Developments Ltd’s proposals were unanimously approved by the planning committee a week before Christmas in 2019. At that time, Labour councillors Fiona O’Donnell and John McMillan were among those backing the plans.
A CRIME prevention meeting was held at the Co-op in Port Seton after five shopliftings were reported there in the latter part of January. In a report to Cockenzie and Port Seton Community Council last month, police said that the meeting took place on the back of the incidents with a view to implementing practical prevention measures. A total of 64 calls were made to police concerning Cockenzie and Port Seton from January 11 to 31, with 15 crimes recorded. The previous month, between December 1 and January 10, 147 calls were made, of which 40 crimes were recorded. Details of the incidents were included in the report to the community council.