A bid to replace a cottage in a conservation village has been rejected amid concerns it could be used as a holiday home.

The plans to demolish a house on Goose Green, Road, Gullane, and replace it with a new single storey cottage with a roof terrace, were refused by planners despite being almost identical to a similar proposal approved seven years ago.

A report due to go before East Lothian Council's Local Review Body next month reveals the new house plans are less than a metre higher than the previously approved plans for the site.

However it says the change to the design means it will now be higher than surrounding cottages and block out sunlight from a couple of the homes as well.

And it reveals 25 objections were lodged over the proposed new house, with concerns about the impac

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