Midlothian

Wheatley Homes East has handed over 25 new homes to delighted tenants in the Rosewell community of Midlothian. The social landlord part-funded the development, with an additional £2.7 million from Scottish Government grant funding.

Midlothian councillors have approved the draft Delivery Programme for the Midlothian Local Development Plan 2017 (MLDP) public consultation.

Plans for a new retail park project which could bring additional affordable housing and care for the elderly to Straiton have been rejected by ministers.

Two of Scotland’s property companies are set to invest in the thriving community at Millerhill, just south-east of Edinburgh.

A new energy centre that will provide heat to thousands of homes across Midlothian opened for the first time yesterday.

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has made an application for approval of details relating to its Planning Permission in Principle to Midlothian Council to provide a further 214 new homes off Corby Craig Terrace and Reeforts Avenue in Bilston, of which 25% will be affordable.

Midlothian Council has been awarded three Active Travel Infrastructure Fund awards, totalling £753,062, by the Scottish Government.   The awards come from a £10 million national fund which the Scottish Government set up to achieve the outcomes of Transport Scotland’s National

Springfield Properties has submitted detailed proposals to Midlothian Council for the first phase of the new Lingerwood development.

Architecture firm Holmes Miller has submitted a planning application to Midlothian Council for the redevelopment of Penicuik High School. 

Pupils and staff at Woodburn Primary School in Dalkeith are enjoying new state-of-the-art educational facilities after main contractor Kier and Midlothian Council completed the £11.4 million extension and refurbishment project early.  Opened six weeks ahead of schedule, the new 2,262m2 ex

Lovell recently welcomed schoolchildren from Lawfield Primary School to Oakwood Edge in Mayfield to learn about the importance of safety on construction sites ahead of the school holidays. Oakwood Edge is a mixed-tenure development with 156 new energy-efficient homes for the area. A total of 39

Connect Modular recently visited Strathesk Primary School in Penicuik to conduct an interactive and educational session with the students.

Midlothian Council and Cruden have celebrated the completion of an energy-efficient Passivhaus development on Scottish Housing Day. The milestone marked the official completion of 20 new council flats at St Cuthbert’s on Bonnyrigg High Street, built to the energy-efficient Passivhaus standard.

The first phase of the redevelopment of the Midlothian Snowsports Centre has opened this month, with Robertson Civil Engineering (RCE) playing a major part. RCE is a project partner with Midlothian Council for the redevelopment at Hillend, now the site of Scotland’s first Alpine Coaster which

Housebuilder Robertson Homes has completed the acquisition of a new 2.9-acre development site at Shawfair in Dalkeith, its third new site purchase in the east of Scotland in the past two months.