Planning permission has been secured to build 125 new residential units at a former Fire & Rescue Service College in East Lothian.

Proposals by architecture firm Barton Willmore involve developing the new homes on the four-hectare site in Gullane.

The deal is subject to the signing of a planning agreement.

The facility closed in early 2015 as part of a national restructuring programme for the service, which now intends to reinvest proceeds from the site's sale in capital Fire & Rescue Service projects across Scotland.

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Features of the approved plans includes retaining the historical Henderson House building, which will be converted into flats alongside new homes.

Andrew Fleming, Associate Planner in Barton Willmore's Edinburgh office, said: "East Lothian Council had originally wanted to include an element of employment land and tourism use on the site, however, we were able to demonstrate to the Council that such uses were not practical or viable and that there was a clear logic to the redevelopment of this brownfield site within the settlement boundary for residential development."

Russell Munn of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, added: "We are delighted to see a future use for the Gullane site which retains Henderson House and will provide a range of housing including affordable housing which will benefit local people."

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