A BID to transform a “major, major blight” in Haddington into a new care home has been welcomed.
Knowe Properties Limited was given the go-ahead to breathe new life into Templedean Hall in November.
The former orphanage has sat empty for more than a decade and has been the target of anti-social behaviour in recent years.
The developer hopes to turn the building into a 60-bed care home – a plan welcomed by David Barrett, from the town’s community council.
He updated community council colleagues on the planning application in the group’s final meeting of 2021.
He said: “I’m delighted to see that this major, major blight on the town is now being divided into a 60-bed care home.
“I think that is a wonderful achievement.”
The building, off the town’s Herdmanflatt and Templedean Park, dates back to 1893.
A substantial extension will be created on the site, which was previously used as a girls’ home and a nursing home.
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