Boost for local campaign as ministers step in to stop hotel demolition

The Golf Hotel has been closed since 2021, and its owners want to rip it down to build flats.

Locals in North Berwick say they’ll continue to fight against proposals to demolish a former hotel in the town.

The Golf Hotel has been closed since 2021 and its owners want to rip it down to build flats.

Heritage campaigners say the existing building could be converted instead.

It comes as the Scottish Government intervened after East Lothian Council approved the plans.

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