Open activities
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Midlothian Parental Survey of Out of School Hours Childcare Provision for Children Aged 4+ - Oct 2024
We are seeking the views of parents and carers on the accessibility, availability and use of out of school hours childcare provision for children aged 4+ in Midlothian. This includes paid care such as After School Clubs and childminders and any other out of school hours childcare you currently use,...
Closes 22 November 2024
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Integration Joint Board's Strategic Plan
The Midlothian Integration Joint Board write a Strategic Plan every 3 years to plan how we will work with people, communities, the Third and Independent Sector, and services that provide care and support to contribute to people in Midlothian living well in their community. Please share your views...
Closes 30 November 2024
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Penicuik Town Hall Tales - your Town Hall story
We are seeking memories of the Cowan Institute/Penicuik Town Hall in years past and even more recent times! You can submit memories from you, your family or friends. 'Cowan Institute' or Penicuik Town Hall or was gifted by the Cowan Papermaking family to the town as a workers institute in...
Closes 31 December 2024
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Development Plan Scheme 16
This is the approved Development Plan Scheme Number 16 (DPS16) for Midlothian. The DPS sets out Midlothian Council’s programme for preparing the next Midlothian Local Development Plan (MLDP2). The DPS also includes a Participation Statement, which outlines future engagement on MLDP2. A...
Closes 1 March 2025
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Midlothian Employability Services - 2024
The Scottish Government has given our Local Employability Partnership (LEP) funding to support people to get a job, or get a better job, and to support employers to give paid experiences to local people. We offer this support across Midlothian through the Council and our partners. If you have...
Closes 31 March 2025
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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
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Tell us how our savings proposals impact you
Midlothian Council faces rising costs for delivering public services. We are facing a budget gap of £9.406 million in 2025/26 rising to a projected £20.645 million by 2028/29. Some extremely difficult decisions will need to be made to balance our budget. We want to hear your views to help us decide...
Closed 20 November 2024
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Questionnaire for partners and volunteers delivering CLD (youth work, adult learning and community development) activities in Midlothian
We are required to have a Community Learning and Development (CLD) Plan for Midlothian that reflects the work of all organisations who deliver CLD activities. This will identify our priorities and actions for the period of September 2024 to end September 2027. As part of this process,...
Closed 31 October 2024
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Local Development Plan 2 Activity - Propose Ideas and Opportunities for MLDP2
The purpose of this questionnaire is to encourage anyone who has not already done so, to submit any idea which does not relate to a specific site for the next Midlothian Local Development Plan (MLDP2). It is open to anyone to propose ideas for any other aspect of the plan. A summary of the topics...
Closed 1 October 2024
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Local Development Plan 2 Activity - Propose Site for Protection from Development
Local Development Plans set out how places will change into the future, including where development should and shouldn’t happen. Plans also identify the places and buildings we value and want to protect. There are already a wide range of places and buildings protected through the 2017 Midlothian...
Closed 1 October 2024
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Local Development Plan 2 Activity - Propose Site for Development
When selecting sites for development, the Council will consider a range of factors and will use a variety of datasets to make recommendations to Elected Members (Councillors) on those for inclusion in the next Midlothian Local Development Plan (MLDP2). The Council will use its Site Selection M...
Closed 1 October 2024
We asked, you said, we did
Below are outcomes for some of the issues we've recently asked about.
We asked
About resurfacing the Core Path/NCN 196 between Rosewell and Auchendinny.
You said
A total of 31.6% of the 746 respondents would be comfortable with alternative bound surfaces (Flexipave is an ‘alternative bound surface’ as are materials such as Tarmac), and 21.4% of respondents supported the proposed resin-bound surface, which again includes Flexipave.
We did
The path will be upgraded using Flexipave, an environmentally friendly material made from recycled tyre rubber and natural stone.
Work is scheduled to begin in the week beginning Monday 16 September.
For safety, that stretch of path will be closed for six to eight weeks while the work is carried out.
Preparation work is due to start on Thursday 22 August. It will take three to four weeks during which time the path will remain open.
While there are no current plans to install lighting, the preparatory work will include measures that would allow us to do so in future.
The council will try to minimise the time the path is closed if at all possible. Many thanks for your patience.
If you have any further queries regarding the resurfacing, please email contactcentre@midlothian.gov.uk
Notes:
As communities in Midlothian grow there is an increasing need for safe, high-quality active travel routes linking local communities, placing greater significance on upgrading National Cycle Network (NCN) route 196, which forms part of Midlothian’s Core Path network running between Penicuik and Dalkeith, and onwards to Haddington and NCN route 1.
The council anticipates that the improvement and modernisation of the Core Path route NCN 196 will provide a broader range of community users the access to enjoy a superior pathway and the accompanying outdoor space.
No new sections of pathway are proposed, and works are not anticipated to take place out with the current width of the pathway corridor. Resurfacing this section of route NCN196 will provide a continuous good quality path from Dalkeith to Penicuik and will future-proof the route for years to come.