A plan for a bigger convenience store and extra retail unit at the St Clements Wells housing development in Wallyford, in East Lothian, has been given the green light.
The new commercial centre, which will also include a hot food takeaway, will be built on the southeast part of the land. Seven terraced units instead of six, centrally located within the site, have now been approved.
The site, which is part of the Wallyford masterplan, has frontages onto the new spine road to the east, Wallyford Primary School to the south, and a new secondary school – the Wallyford Learning Campus – which is currently under construction to the north.
The total number of new homes approved for the Wallyford area – at St Clements Wells and the adjacent Dolphingstone site – is a maximum 2,050.
Jonathan Brindle, of East Lothian Developments Ltd (ELDL), said: “ELDL are delighted that this consent has been issued and grateful to East Lothian Council for their continued support to ensure that the commercial offering at St Clements is brought forward as quickly as possible.
“ELDL will now work closely with the party who wish to build the retail units and Dunedin Canmore, who are building the affordable flats to the rear, to ensure that the building work is carried out as efficiently as possible to minimise any impact on both the adjoining primary school and the adjoining secondary school once that is open in the summer.”
