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Ian Baxter, Midlothian Green Councillor writes about his concerns that a hotel has been given planning approval in the Pentland Hills Special Landscape Area. At Tuesday

Midlothian Greens have condemned the Proposed Midlothian Local Development Plan (MLDP) as totally lacking in sustainability, and risking turning Midlothian into a suburb of Edinburgh. The MLDP was approved by councillors on 16th December 2014 and is described by Midlothian Council as representing the council’s settled view as to what the final adopted content of […]

We need your help

We say rooms for improvement! Midlothian Council is preparing a draft Local Housing Strategy. This document will set out its plans to ‘improve’ housing provision in the county from 2020 to 2025 – and they want your views! But there isn’t much time as the consultation only runs until 28 August 2020. An online survey where […]

Has social distancing been abandoned? Midlothian has crowded pubs, shops, and roads, and the beaches were as busy as ever according to news and other reports, so what now for the second wave? Are over 50s being told to stay at home so the young can party as usual? Where have all the bugs gone? […]

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With £9.8m from Highlands and Islands Enterprise, £1m from the North Uist Council and £2.5m from the UK Space Agency – all tax payers’ money – we ask whether this is sensible expenditure. And St Kilda, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, will be in line of fire with air and noise pollution with inevitable reduction […]

Branch newsletter February 2019