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Couple narrowly lose appeal over house at livery business
Edinburgh Evening News
|February 26, 2026
A couple refused permission to build a home next to their specialist horse business have lost their appeal.
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Carrie McDonald and her partner Greig Baynham established Congalton Garden Stables in East Lothian in 2018 and specialise in caring for ill and elderly horses. They say that without being able to live on the site they cannot expand the business.
This story is from the February 26, 2026 edition of Edinburgh Evening News.
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