Midlothian

Midlothian Council’s first new build homes heated by Air Source Heat Pumps will soon be welcoming their first tenants. The first 19 homes at Dalhousie, Bonnyrigg, were handed over to the council’s housing team by Springfield Properties with a further six being completed this week. The tw

The masterplanners behind the development of Shawfair, a new town south of Edinburgh incorporating the village and community of Danderhall, have supported the discovery and development of the railway mining platform at The Edmonstone Waggonway found on its land. Representatives from Shawfair LLP joi

Two Scottish heating firms have joined forces to launch the country’s first community-focused energy training academy. Modelled on a social enterprise, the ground-breaking project is an extension of a recently-agreed partnership between the Edinburgh Boiler Company (EBC) and HeatFix Scotland i

A new, redesigned Easthouses Primary School will be built on the site of the old Newbattle High School, Midlothian Council has announced, as plans are unveiled for a replacement for Beeslack Community High School within the University of Edinburgh’s Easter Bush Campus.  ​At th

Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has donated £500 to the Penicuik & District Men’s Shed in recognition of Men's Health Awareness Week (13-19 June). The money provides a boost to provide materials it requires to kit out the resource it now has within the Penicuik YMCA following its recent

Recycling company NWH Group has officially opened its new £4.4 million construction and demolition waste recycling wash plant as it continues its investment into the circular economy and achieve carbon negative status.

Bilston Community Garden volunteers Donna Hogg and Ian Tucker with Taylor Wimpey sales executive Lisa Whigham Taylor Wimpey East Scotland has provided Bilston Community Garden with 30 trees to plant to mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee.

Plans for 56 homes at Shawfair in Midlothian have made progress with Dandara East Scotland's appointment of JR Scaffold Services.

Planning permission has been granted for the largest social Passivhaus project within the Midlothian area, creating 90 new affordable homes for the local authority in Newbattle.

Tenants of Melville Housing Association are to see big improvements to their homes over the coming year thanks to a £3 million investment programme that will also see funds set aside to help meet Scotland’s net zero goals. Investment in the new financial year beginning April 1, funded al

Plans by Harmeny Education Trust to extend its support to young people beyond the age of 14 took a big step forward this month after work started on the renovation of one of its residential cottages.

Residents in Danderhall have welcomed a donation from Stewart Milne Homes which has been used to enhance the area with the creation of allotment space, flowering gardens and wildlife habitats. The £1,000 funding for Danderhall Primary School has been used to support community-wide initiatives,

Midlothian Council’s £17 million project to build new homes and a care facility on the old Dalkeith High School site is on budget and on track to finish at the end of 2022. The project is among the council’s most ambitious capital programme ever, which is seeing record investment o

Midlothian Council is on track to meet its five-year target of having 1,000 council homes either built or under construction by the end of March 2022. The council has signed contracts with Dandara and Barratt, who are already on-site delivering 18 council homes in Shawfair and 53 council homes in Ro

The historic Midlothian village of Roslin is the setting for a new development by Cala Homes (East).