The Old Mill House 40 Newmills Road Dalkeith EH22 2AQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00307/DPP - Detailed Planning Permission Awaiting decision

Proposal

Change of use from garage to guesthouse accommodation and associated extensions and alterations including erection of pergolas and alteration to garage door openings to form windows; installation of external stair (part retrospective). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
3 Jun 2026
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Validated
8 Jun 2026
✓
Consultation
30 Jun 2026
Decision
Target date was 8 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 28 Oct 2026; it is now day 142.

The consultation period closed on 21 Jul 2026.

Site constraints 4

Grade B listed: The Old Mill House, Dalkeith
List entry LB24454 · 1 m away · 1 more listed building within 150 m (1 Grade B)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Registered park or garden: Newbattle Abbey
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic Environment Scotland ↗
Coal mining development high risk area
Recorded coal mining features at or near the surface. Most planning applications here need a coal mining risk assessment.
From the Mining Remediation Authority, formerly the Coal Authority. The development high risk area marks recorded coal mining features at or near the surface: mine shafts and adits, shallow workings, mine gas and former opencast sites. Most planning applications there need a coal mining risk assessment; householder applications, changes of use and some minor works are exempt. Mine entry positions come from old plans and can be out by several metres, and unrecorded workings can exist anywhere in the coalfield.
Coal mining risk assessments ↗
Newbattle conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Mining Remediation Authority and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Midlothian
Application type
Detailed Planning Permission
Postcode
EH22 2AQ
Received
3 Jun 2026
Validated
8 Jun 2026
Ward
Dalkeith
Parish
Dalkeith & District Community Council
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Aug 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
Low Carbon Studio

Decision outlook

Day 142, past the statutory target. 90% of extensions in Midlothian are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 26 Oct 2026.

Day 14286 days past the 56-day target
48%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
174decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Midlothian in the last twelve months, from validation. Midlothian decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 26 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
100756619-001
Consultation
30 Jun 2026
Comments by
21 Jul 2026
Site or press notice
18 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
8 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No