Worried neighbours told supermarket fears will be considered

RESIDENTS concerned about plans for an out-of-town supermarket have been reassured the application will take into account a study on whether another supermarket is needed.

Tesco has lodged plans to create a new superstore on a site near Gateside Road, Haddington, and local residents have voiced concerns about the application, fearing it would be decided upon before a retail study has been completed.

In response, Pete Collins, director of environment at East Lothian Council, said: "It is disappointing and frustrating that developers submit applications they know to be premature. Such applications achieve no purpose other than to raise public concerns and add work to a planning service that is already overstretched."