Overview

• East Lothian Council’s planning department will review the Sharps’ last appeal in August after a June hearing was postponed.
• Council says the applicant’s agent, interested parties and statutory consultees have all been notified of the upcoming review.
• The former RBS building in North Berwick remains empty while 78-year-old Nigel Sharp lives in residential care due to advanced Parkinson’s disease.
• Since buying the listed Victorian property for £550,000 in 2018, the couple has faced repeated refusals for residential conversion, with only café and office uses approved but attracting no interest.
• Architect Andrew Megginson uncovered historic photos showing the building once had a garden, conservatory and carriage house, bolstering the case for residential use.