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Open activities

  • Community Justice Public Consultation 2025

    Community justice is where people who have broken the law are held to account and supported to reconnect and contribute to their communities. Where it is safe to do so, people who commit certain crimes receive community-based sentences. This can include treatment for underlying issues...

    Closes 31 October 2025

  • New Build Tenant Satisfaction Survey

    We want to know how you feel about your new build council home and the development you live in. As the first tenant in your newly built council home, your feedback on different aspects of the home and your experience so far will be invaluable in highlighting what works well and where we might be...

    Closes 7 November 2025

  • Taxis and Private Hire Cars - Review of Licensing Conditions

    Taxi and Private Hire Car licensing conditions represent a standard by which the Council (the Licensing Authority) expects the trade to operate to ensure public safety. Through discussions with representatives of the taxi and private hire car business sector it has become apparent that these...

    Closes 16 November 2025

  • 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...

    Closes 31 December 2025

  • 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

  • Local Housing Strategy 2026/27 - 2030/31 Final

    Midlothian Council is developing a new Local Housing Strategy (LHS), which will guide housing policy and investment across the area for the next five years. We want to hear your views to help shape our priorities. Your responses are confidential and will only be used to inform the strategy. ...

    Closed 3 October 2025

  • Rosewell-Auchendinny path lighting

    We recently improved the surface of the shared-use path between Rosewell and Auchendinny. We were now asking for your views on adding lighting to help people use it more safely in the early mornings, evenings, and during the darker winter months. We know this area is home to...

    Closed 19 September 2025

  • Setting Fares for Midlothian Taxis

    Section 17 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (the Act), states that the fares (tariffs) for the hire of taxis in any area and all other charges in connection with the hire of a taxi or with the arrangements for its hire, shall be not greater than those fixed by the Council for that area. ...

    Closed 17 August 2025

  • Midlothian Tourism Strategy 2025–2030 Business Consultation

    Thank you for taking part in this business consultation on the Midlothian Tourism Strategy 2025–2030. This strategy is being developed using: feedback from 254 participants in the 2025 Midlothian Visitor Survey analysis of STEAM (Scarborough Tourism Economic...

    Closed 26 July 2025

  • Independent Advocacy - your experience

    Midlothian Health and Social Care Partnership is planning how advocacy services should work in the future. Advocacy means having someone on your side who helps you understand your rights, speak up, and make sure your voice is heard. You might need advocacy when: ...

    Closed 27 June 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