PLANS for more than 250 homes on the outskirts of Haddington have been unveiled.

An exhibition took place on October 4 where Taylor Wimpey East Scotland and Mactaggart & Mickel Homes outlined their proposals for a site west of Letham Mains, where work is already under way on more than 800 houses.

The L-shaped scheme, which is off Pencaitland Road, would see about 275 homes created, with a quarter of them affordable, and would sit in the south-west corner of the Letham Mains plans.

Paul Darling, from the town’s community council, was among more than 50 people who attended the event at the Maitlandfield House Hotel.

He said: “I’m not against them putting houses there – they are filling in the gap there. It is in the Local Development Plan as well.”

But Mr Darling was concerned that all of the affordable housing was being placed in one area of the site rather than spread throughout.

Further concerns were aired during the exhibition about the number of houses being “crammed” in.

As well as housing, the site would contain space for play areas, while there are plans to create a foot/cycleway along the southern boundary.

The event gave the homebuilders the opportunity to share their proposals for the development with members of the public and other interested parties. It was also an opportunity for the community to share their views and to give their feedback as the detailed designs for the development evolve over the coming months.

Speaking on behalf of both developers, Pauline Mills, land and planning director for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, said: “Our public consultation event for land at Letham Holdings is an important element of our community engagement.

“Along with our development partner, Mactaggart & Mickel Homes, we are pleased that so many members of the local community took the opportunity to visit our public consultation event.

“We will now consider all of the views and feedback that we received as part of our overall design process.”