THE makers of the 'Best London Dry Gin in the World' want to move to bigger premises in East Lothian.
Part of a former mushroom farm could become the new home of NB Gin - if plans put forward to East Lothian Council are given the go-ahead.
Proposals have been submitted to the local authority by NB Distillery Ltd for a new production hub at Halfland Barns, to the south east of North Berwick.
The plans are for a 24-hour production facility, and would see NB Gin's distillery move from its current base on North Berwick's Tantallon Road.
If approved, an 18-metre by 13-metre steel-framed building would be built to distil grain spirit and to blend, bottle, and pack a variety of gin and vodka products.
A design statement, submitted to East Lothian Council, says that the company's current premises are too small with no potential to expand.
If the new facility is given the go-ahead, NB Gin wants to welcome visitors by having up to eight tours a week at its new base.
The award-winning company was formed four years ago by husband-and-wife team Steve and Vivienne Muir, who began the business by experimenting in their home kitchen with a pressure cooker and some old central heating pipes before moving to their own premises.
They have been have been looking for a larger new home "for some time" and have been unable to find suitable premises elsewhere in the North Berwick area.
The application will be decided at a meeting of East Lothian Council's planning committee in Haddington on Tuesday.

Local councillor Jim Goodfellow moved for the plans to go before the committee because he said that the "hours of operation for this area have been a controversial issue in the vicinity".
Five written objections to the development have been lodged with the local authority, citing pressure on the local road network and concerns over the '24/7' operation. 

Council planning officials have recommended that the project is approved.

In 2015, NB Gin was voted the Best London Dry Gin in the world.