The owner of a rural steading has accused East Lothian planners of behaving unfairly after they denied them permission to open a narrow doorway into double doors to allow ‘wheelchair access’.

Sandesh Pal has appealed to Scottish Ministers to step in after the council’s planners rejected their application to install French doors in the Category A listed building , in Innerwick, despite mirroring the design on their neighbours door entrances.

And they said the narrow door “hinders wheelchair access for family members

and visitors with disabilities, making these alterations necessary”.

In their appeal to Scottish Ministers they say planning decisions at the Hunters Steading site, which was converted to housing more than 20 years ago, have been inconsistent with double doors and a roof win

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