Claims one in three Scots now live alone are being used to support an appeal against the refusal to allow a house in Midlothian to be converted into two flats.
Applicant Andrew Wesley was refused planning permission to change the semi-detached house on Glenview Road, Gorebridge into two flats after the proposals drew six objections from local residents.
However in a statement to Midlothian Council's Local Review Body he has argued that national need for the smaller units was more important than local concerns.
