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Edinburgh Live
National
Marie Sharp

Plan for 46 bungalows in Midlothian countryside gets go-ahead following Scottish Government appeal

Campaigners who have lost a battle to stop a rural site being turned into an 'isolated commuter desert' say they are "bitterly disappointed" by the decision.

The Scottish Government Reporter has said he is going to overturn Midlothian Council's decision to refuse planning approval for 46 bungalows on a former school site on near the village of Howgate.

In a notice of intention issued this week he said he had found no planning reason to reject the proposals by Lochay Homes for the Wellington School site, near the village of Howgate.

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