Midlothian

Housebuilder Dandara East Scotland has received an award for its Eskbank Gardens development in Eskbank, near Dalkeith. The development has been presented with a ‘Quality Recognition Award’ from warranty provider Premier Guarantee.

A historic building grant has been approved by Midlothian Council for the restoration of 2-4 West Street in Penicuik as part of the town’s Heritage Regeneration Project. Shop improvement grants have also been approved for 14-20 High Street.

Midlothian Council’s first new build homes heated by Air Source Heat Pumps will soon be welcoming their first tenants. The first 19 homes at Dalhousie, Bonnyrigg, were handed over to the council’s housing team by Springfield Properties with a further six being completed this week. The tw

The masterplanners behind the development of Shawfair, a new town south of Edinburgh incorporating the village and community of Danderhall, have supported the discovery and development of the railway mining platform at The Edmonstone Waggonway found on its land. Representatives from Shawfair LLP joi

Two Scottish heating firms have joined forces to launch the country’s first community-focused energy training academy. Modelled on a social enterprise, the ground-breaking project is an extension of a recently-agreed partnership between the Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) and HeatFix Scotland i

A new, redesigned Easthouses Primary School will be built on the site of the old Newbattle High School, Midlothian Council has announced, as plans are unveiled for a replacement for Beeslack Community High School within the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus.  ​At th

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated £500 to the Penicuik & District Men’s Shed in recognition of Men's Health Awareness Week (13-19 June). The money provides a boost to provide materials it requires to kit out the resource it now has within the Penicuik YMCA following its recent

Recycling company NWH Group has officially opened its new £4.4 million construction and demolition waste recycling wash plant as it continues its investment into the circular economy and achieve carbon negative status.

Bilston Community Garden volunteers Donna Hogg and Ian Tucker with Taylor Wimpey sales executive Lisa Whigham Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has provided Bilston Community Garden with 30 trees to plant to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Plans for 56 homes at Shawfair in Midlothian have made progress with Dandara East Scotland's appointment of JR Scaffold Services.

Planning permission has been granted for the largest social Passivhaus project within the Midlothian area, creating 90 new affordable homes for the local authority in Newbattle.

Tenants of Melville Housing Association are to see big improvements to their homes over the coming year thanks to a £3 million investment programme that will also see funds set aside to help meet Scotland’s net zero goals. Investment in the new financial year beginning April 1, funded al

Plans by Harmeny Education Trust to extend its support to young people beyond the age of 14 took a big step forward this month after work started on the renovation of one of its residential cottages.

Residents in Danderhall have welcomed a donation from Stewart Milne Homes which has been used to enhance the area with the creation of allotment space, flowering gardens and wildlife habitats. The £1,000 funding for Danderhall Primary School has been used to support community-wide initiatives,

Midlothian Council’s £17 million project to build new homes and a care facility on the old Dalkeith High School site is on budget and on track to finish at the end of 2022. The project is among the council’s most ambitious capital programme ever, which is seeing record investment o