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Open activities

  • 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...

    Closes 22 January 2026

  • Vogrie Country Park Adventure Play Area Renewal

    Our Greenspace Service would like to get your views on proposals to invest in Vogrie Country Park’s adventure play area which is part of a wider renewal strategy for the park. This new investment will support the Midlothian Council Play Strategy and the Vogrie Renewal Strategy ....

    Closes 23 January 2026

  • 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...

    Closes 16 February 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

  • 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

  • Midlothian Council Rent Survey 2026/27 - 2028/29

    This survey focuses on an important issue for Midlothian Council tenants and housing list applicants: the rent we charge for our homes. This survey concerns the rent which will be charged from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2029.

    Closed 12 December 2025

  • Midlothian Unpaid Carers Strategy Consultation

    Midlothian Integration Joint Board (IJB) is a planning and decision-making body created by Midlothian Council and NHS Lothian that plans and directs some health and social care services. We are responsible for developing a local strategy to set out our visions and plans for how we will...

    Closed 8 December 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...

    Closed 16 November 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