BUILDING work on more than 270 homes on the outskirts of Haddington is under way.
A total of 272 new homes, including 69 affordable properties, will be built by Taylor Wimpey East Scotland in the Letham Meadows development – part of the wider housebuilding programme at Letham Mains, on the town’s western edge.
There will also be areas of open space for a play area, as well as a seven-a-side football pitch.
The land outlined for the development was allocated in the adopted 2018 Local Development Plan (LDP).
The approved plans for the development also make provision for roads and drainage infrastructure, the creation of bus stops, and the provision of a cycle path at the front of the development alongside Pencaitland Road.
Pauline Mills, land and planning director for Taylor Wimpey East Scotland, said: “We are so pleased to be starting the construction at Letham Meadows.
“We are committed to building more than homes and making sure that we add social, economic and environmental value to the wider communities that we operate in.
“As well as delivering an impressive choice of new homes for buyers regardless of where they are on the property ladder, our development at Letham Meadows will contribute over £4.3 million towards improvements to education, sporting provision and transport in Haddington.”
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