A £22.4 million plan to build a care home and affordable housing alongside a children's nursery and vets on 'disused' land has been thrown out by Midlothian councillors.
The proposal first went to public consultation last year on behalf of Pentland Park Marine Ltd, which made its case for using land next to Straiton retail park and adjoining the junction of the A701 and Pentland Road.
But while Midlothian Council planners said nearly two-thirds of the site was designated countryside, the developer argued it was "fallow land" which had lain empty for 50 years.
