Midlothian Council

Midlothian Council is facing a budget gap of £14.4 million for 2023/24, rising to a projected £27.1m by 2027/28. In a financial update presented to a meeting of the full council on Tuesday (August 23), councillors were advised that the Scottish Government’s Resource Spending Review

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

A ‘Heat and Eat Fund’ of £279,000 to help families not eligible for Scottish Welfare support was among the first measures approved by Midlothian Council’s new Cost of Living Taskforce. Chaired by council leader Councillor Kelly Parry, the cross party group met for the first t

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.

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

Midlothian Council is on track to meet its five-year target of having 1,000 council homes either built or under construction by the end of March 2022. The council has signed contracts with Dandara and Barratt, who are already on-site delivering 18 council homes in Shawfair and 53 council homes in Ro

Midlothian Council is currently working to set wheelchair accessible housing targets and wants to hear ideas and suggestions from local residents.

Midlothian Council has approved a balanced budget for 2022/23, with revenue spending on services next year set to be £251 million. The biggest spend will be in education (£109.7m), and health and social care (£56.4m).

Midlothian Council has approved small grants totalling £89,000 for 35 voluntary and community organisations operating in the area. The grants, which cover the financial year from 2022 to 2023, are to support local projects that meet the priorities of the Single Midlothian Plan – to reduc

The most ambitious Passivhaus affordable housing programme in Scotland is underway in Midlothian. Midlothian Council is paving the way by building 182 green council homes of the future. All of them will meet the demanding energy-efficient building ‘Passivhaus’ standard.

Work is underway to build a 40-bedroom care complex and 46 extra care flats alongside a day-care unit in Bonnyrigg. The development on the former St Marys primary school site bounded by Polton Street, Moorfoot View and Moorfoot Place.

The leaders of two Scottish local authorities are warning of serious financial challenges ahead thanks to a Scottish Government budget that is “a bad deal for communities”. West Lothian Council leader, Lawrence Fitzpatrick, recently joined the leaders of Scotland's 32 local authorities i

Midlothian Council is pressing ahead with proposals to regenerate Dalkeith town centre after councillors approved spending to update the masterplan for the area and the business case for the improvements.

Midlothian Council has agreed that proposed annual housing rent increases be deferred for 2022/23. This follows on from last year's deferral due to the Covid-19 pandemic impact of the 3% rent increase proposed for 2021/22.

Work has started on a prestigious new-build housing development in Dalkeith town centre. The development is Midlothian Council’s first ‘Passivhaus’ housing project.