A bid to overturn a council decision to reject a £22.4million housing plan in Midlothian has been put on hold after new national guidelines were challenged.
Scottish Ministers were asked to step in after the proposals for a care home and housing near Straiton, were refused permission.
However the case has been delayed until the outcome of another planning appeal by Miller Homes over housing in West Calder which has called into question the Scottish Government's National Planning Framework (NPF4).