Tag: Biodiversity
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Allowing East Lammermuir’s Burns to Breathe
Jenny, East Lammermuir Catchment Development Officer with Sustaining Dunbar, explains how giving local burns more space can help wildlife and farmland, and where nature may need support to recover.
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Hedgerows: Branxton and Crystal Rig IV update, September 2026
This update records information published on 18 September 2026 about hedgerows and tree planting near energy-project works. Branxton substation and the C121 near Innerwick SP Energy Networks said it was reviewing detailed plans for road widening at the entrance to the new Branxton substation. Further surveys and assessment of clearance requirements were needed before decisions…
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NnG Community Fund – August 2026
East Lammermuir community fund from NnG offshore wind
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Community Development Officer Opportunity
Job opportunity live today! Application deadline 15 June 2026 East Lothian Climate Hub (external link — opens in a new tab) have been invited by East Lammermuir Community Council to host a Community Development Officer role, to lead on coordination of delivery of our 4 community ambitions in East Lammermuir. Our priority areas from the Local Place Plan are…
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Taking forward our community ambitions
Over the autumn and winter months we held a series of workshops looking at next steps for the 4 community ambitions (external link — opens in a new tab) drawn from the East Lammermuir Local Place Plan (external link — opens in a new tab). We are delighted to share the reports from each workshop with you! Click…
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Taking forward our community priorities
Our series of workshops looking at next steps for the 4 community priorities (external link — opens in a new tab) drawn from the East Lammermuir Local Place Plan (external link — opens in a new tab), are well underway! The first workshop was held on 9th October and focused on Energy Efficiency. The facilitator (Energy Saving Trust) is now working on…
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Beth’s Blog – Delving deeper
As summer draws to a close, I am rapidly approaching six months in this “new” role. Since I last wrote the pace has picked up significantly as the path forward takes shape and it’s time to delve deeper (to mix metaphors!). The focus so far has mainly been on getting to know the lay of the…
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Beth’s blog – tools for partnerhip working
I write looking out at the Lammermuir Hills, waiting for the combine harvester to start work and watching the swallows darting about. As we get into the quieter summer holiday weeks, when there aren’t quite so many emails flying about, I am taking time to reflect on these first three months in post. What has…
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Energy Developments public meeting (May ’25) – Beth’s blog
I was delighted to have my first experience of one of the incredible East Lammermuir Energy Developments public meetings on the evening of Monday 19 May 2025 in Innerwick Village Hall. Representatives from renewables and transmission infrastructure developments, at various stages of planning or construction in the local area, took it in turns to present.…