A PLANNING application has been submitted for a proposal to develop a new road to help access the former Cockenzie Power Station site.

The former Cockenzie Power Station site was acquired by East Lothian Council in 2018 to support ambitions for promoting economic growth in the local area and creating employment opportunities.

The purpose of the proposed road would be to assist with access to new substations which have planning consent to be built on parts of the site, as well as facilitating future development on the wider site.

Doing so would reduce the need for traffic to travel through existing streets in Cockenzie and Port Seton.

The proposed road would link the existing Alder Road roundabout on the B6371 approach to Cockenzie with the existing B1348 road – almost opposite the western entrance to the main part of the former power station site.

New signalised junctions would also be created at each end of the road, while much of the route would follow an existing service road to the former coal plant.

The road, to be built in phases, would open to the public following completion of the two substations.

It would be complemented by a lane, largely set back from the main roadway, to encourage safe walking and cycling and improve connections between Cockenzie and Port Seton and Prestonpans.

It is expected that most mature trees will remain in place along the route.