East Lammermuir Community Council & East Lammermuir Community Benefit Trust
serving the communities in and around Innerwick, Oldhamstocks, Spott and Stenton
Belltown Power representatives Andy Black and Sam McMillan attended the ELCC meeting on Tuesday 23 January 2024. They gave this presentation about the current state of the application, which is being reviewed by the Energy Consents Unit.
After taking account of the findings of the recent survey, and the discussion last night, ELCC will submit comments and publish them here at the beginning of February 2024.
Over 140 people came along to the public meeting held in Innerwick Village Hall on 26 February 2024.
At that meeting a new website was launched, where you can find information about energy projects and infrastructure developments in and around the East Lammermuir area. This includes an interactive combined map of all known proposals, and a presentation slide set from the public meeting. Rather than duplicate content, East Lammermuir Community Council will be supporting the updating of the new website at: eastlammermuirdevelopments.co.uk
The Community Council co-led this meeting with East Lothian Council. This was the third time all known electricity infrastructure developers had come together to talk with us about how they intend to progress their proposals. Twelve community members attended – one each from the settlements which will be most affected by the proposed developments. A further meeting will be held in the last week of February 2024, this time as an open public meeting.
The Community Council co-led this meeting with East Lothian Council. This was the second time all known electricity infrastructure developers had come together to talk with us about how they intend to progress their proposals. Twelve community members attended – one each from the settlements which will be most affected by the proposed developments. A further meeting will be held in the first week of December 2023.
Developers have undertaken to keep this map updated if any changes are made. We are working with developers to make sure the up-to-date map is available to view in real time.
Combined maps showing proposed developments
We also have a map of the currently contracted developments that are planned to connect into the proposed Branxton Substation. Please note most of these cable routes are shown at very high level and will be subject to change during the detail design stage. It is evident that this map shows more developments than the one above and we are working to establish details of these additional proposed developments.
Click the map to see the PDF version.
The East Lammermuir Local Place Plan is being written by and for the whole community. The aspirations, priorities and projects have emerged through listening to the people who live and work in East Lammermuir.
The Place Plan will be submitted to East Lothian Council in Spring 2024, and will be taken into account as they write the Local Development Plan.
Thank you to all who have taken part in the process so far.
You can comment on this information by emailing Sarah McLeary
This Survey Report Summary outlines the findings of the East Lammermuir Community Council’s questionnaire.
Thanks to everyone who helped put the questionnaire together, and who took the time to answer the questions. The questionnaire was live through Autumn 2023.
The results form part of the evidence base for the East Lammermuir Place Plan.
This summary does not include detailed typed-in comments to avoid individuals being recognised. However, be assured all your comments are feeding into the Local Place Plan and have been passed to the Community Councillors and Ward Councilllors.’