Open activities
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Midlothian Visitor Survey - Chance to win free Alpine Coaster rides for your family!
Thank you for visiting Midlothian! We value your feedback, and this short survey will help us enhance our attractions and services. By completing the survey, you’ll also have the chance to win free Alpine Coaster rides for your family ( T&Cs apply ).
Closes 25 April 2025
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Local Housing Strategy 2026/27 - 2030/31
All Local Authorities have to provide a Local Housing Strategy (LHS) - a five year document which sets out the Local Authority’s plans to improve housing and housing provision in the area. Midlothian Council is currently working on a draft Local Housing Strategy to cover the period 2026 to 2031 and...
Closes 25 April 2025
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Admissions Policy Consultation
We want to hear your views on the proposal to vary the Admissions Arrangements to Primary and Secondary Education. The statutory consultation begins on Wednesday 02 April 2025 and ends on Monday 02 June 2025. The proposals are: To vary the Admissions Arrangements to...
Closes 2 June 2025
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Loanhead Additional Support Needs (ASN) Consultation
We want to hear your views on the proposal to establish a new Additional Support Needs (ASN) stage at Loanhead Primary School. The statutory consultation begins on Wednesday 02 April 2025 and ends on Monday 02 June 2025. The proposals are: An ASN stage will be established at...
Closes 2 June 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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M.A.C. Jan - Apr 2025
M.A.C. class numbers for this quarter
Closed 20 April 2025
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Investing in Dalkeith's future
Midlothian Council is taking action on its estate. Midlothian House needs repairs. This is an opportunity to rationalise our buildings in Dalkeith to make our estate more affordable as we invest in the buildings we want to keep and find new uses for those no longer needed or in poor...
Closed 18 April 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...
Closed 31 March 2025
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Improving travel connections along the A7 corridor to make it easier to walk, wheel or cycle and connect with public transport
We commissioned Stantec to carry out a study into active travel and sustainable transport improvements on the A7 corridor between Sheriffhall Park and Ride and Main Street in Newtongrange. The consultation is now closed. Many thanks for your responses. A total of 857 people filled in the...
Closed 30 March 2025
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Development Plan Scheme 17 - Draft for Consultation
This is the Development Plan Scheme for Midlothian Number 17 (DPS17) draft for consultation. 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 proposed future engagement...
Closed 14 March 2025
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.