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Open activities

  • Midlothian Council Youth Work Survey (CLLE)

    Midlothian Council's Y outh Work service is carrying out a survey to identify what youth work services, activities and issues matter the most to the young people in Midlothian people, aged 7 – 25 . With your support we want to ensure that what we are currently offering is...

    Closes 8 March 2026

  • Woodburn Additional Support Needs (ASN) Consultation

    We want to hear your views on the proposal to establish an Additional Support Needs (ASN) stage at Woodburn Primary School. The statutory consultation begins on Thursday 12 February 2026 and ends on Thursday 2 April 2026. The proposals are: An Additional Support Needs (ASN)...

    Closes 2 April 2026

  • Self-Build Housing Register

    The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (Section 16E) requires planning authorities to prepare and maintain a list of people interested in acquiring land in the Authority’s area for self-build housing, and to publish that information. Self-build housing is...

    Closes 31 December 2026

Closed activities

  • Designing Services Round Your Needs at Our New Dalkeith Welcome Hub

    We are moving Midlothian Council services, including Dalkeith Library and Arts Centre, into the ground floor of Midlothian Council headquarters, Midlothian House. This new welcome hub, where customers will be able to access a range of council services easily and conveniently, is due to open once...

    Closed 28 February 2026

  • Midlothian School Session Dates 2027/28 and 2028/29

    We want to hear the views of staff, parents and parent councils on proposed school session dates for 2027/28 and 2028/29. The consultation is open from Monday 26 January 2026. Please send comments about all or either of the two school session dates by Monday 9th February 2026. A report...

    Closed 9 February 2026

  • Gaelic Language Plan 2026-31

    We are seeking views on our draft Gaelic Language Plan. English Plan Gaelic Plan Please refer to the draft plans available in this consultation before answering the questions. The draft plan sets out our ambitions for Gaelic over the next five...

    Closed 22 January 2026

  • Development Plan Scheme 17 - ongoing consultation

    This is ongoing consultation for the Development Plan Scheme (DPS). The Development Plan Scheme for Midlothian Number 17 (DPS17) was approved by Midlothian Council's Planning Committee on 29th April 2025. The DPS sets out Midlothian Council’s programme for preparing the next Midlothian Local...

    Closed 31 December 2025

  • Mount Esk Nursery School Consultation

    We want to hear your views on the proposal to close Mount Esk Nursery School and re-designate it to Hawthornden Primary School Nursery class . The statutory consultation begins on Monday 10 November 2025 and ends on Sunday 21 December 2025. The proposals are: ...

    Closed 21 December 2025

We asked, you said, we did

Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about. See all outcomes

We asked

Question 1: Do you have any views on our proposed timetable for Midlothian Local Development Plan 2 (MLDP2)?

Question 2: Do you have any views on our proposed Participation Statement and engagement activities?

Question 3: Do you have any other views on draft Development Plan Scheme 17?

You said

Responses to the consultation are outlined in the Report to Planning Committee of 29th April 2025

We did

DPS17 was adopted at Planning Committee on 29.04.25.  Two amendments were made to the draft DPS17 following engagement; with respect to Local Place Plans, and engagement with people with disabilities.  

We asked

No specific question was asked; comments were invited on the document in its entirety.  

You said

Comments received are set out in the attached 'Summary of Consultation Responses'

We did

The attached 'Summary of Consultation Responses' sets out the Council's proposed response in respect of the comments received.  These were incorporated into the final Delivery Programme, approved by Council on 1.04.25.

We asked

Question: Do you have any views on our proposed timetable for MLDP2 (Midlothian Local Development Plan no. 2)?

Question: Do you have any views on our proposed Participation Statement in and
engagement activities?

Question: Do you have any other views on draft Development Plan Scheme 16?

 

You said

Responses to the DPS16 engagement are summarised in the Report to Planning Committee of 30.04.25

We did

A change was made to DPS16, highlighting how the Council will engage with communities where there is not a Local Place Plan in place, and the revised version was adopted by Midlothian Council on 30.04.25