Skip to main content

Meeting Details

Due to the temporary move to Normandy Court and space constraints, we are unable to host members of the public in person. Public meetings will continue to be webcast live and the webcast link can be found in the tab below.

Meeting Summary
Midlothian Council
16 Dec 2025 - 11:00 to 13:00
Scheduled
Normandy Court/ Hybrid
Add to my Calendar
  • Documents
  • Attendance
  • Visitors
  • Declarations of Interests
  • Webcast

Documents

Agenda

Meeting Info
Welcome Introduction And Apologies
Welcome
Order Of Business
Order of Business
Including notice of new business submitted as urgent for consideration at the end of the meeting.
Declaration Of Interest
Declarations of interest
Members should declare any financial and non-financial interests they have in the items of business for consideration, identifying the relevant agenda item and the nature of their interest.
Deputations
No items for discussion
Minutes
5.1 pdf Minute of the Midlothian Council meeting of 21 October 2025 - submitted for approval (235Kb)
Private Minute Addendum of the Midlothian Council meeting of 21 October 2025 - submitted for approval
5.2 pdf Minute Volume Index - submitted for consideration (208Kb)
5.3 pdf Public Action Log (126Kb)
Private Action Log
Questions To The Council Leader
No items for discussion
Motions
7.1 pdf World Cup 2026 (151Kb)
7.2 pdf Congratulating Penicuik Community First Responders on their 20th Anniversary (161Kb)
Public Reports
8.1 pdf Treasury Management Mid-Year Review Report 2025/26, report by Chief Financial Officer and Section 95 Officer (436Kb)
8.2 pdf Financial Monitoring 2025/26 - General Fund Revenue, report by Chief Financial Officer and Section 95 Officer (223Kb)
8.3 pdf General Services Capital Plan 2025/26 Quarter 2 Monitoring, report by Chief Financial Officer and Section 95 Officer (240Kb)
8.4 pdf Housing Revenue Account - Revenue Budget and Capital Plan 2025/26, report by Chief Financial Officer and Section 95 Officer (132Kb)
8.5 pdf Medium Term Financial Strategy - 2026/27 to 2028/29, report by Chief Financial Officer and Section 95 Officer (188Kb)
8.6 pdf Midlothian School Admission Policy, report by Executive Director Children Young People and Partnerships (Acting) (136Kb)
8.7 pdf Attainment Update for Midlothian in Primary and Secondary Schools, report by Chief Education Officer (499Kb)
8.8 pdf Pre-Election Publicity Guidance, report by Chief Executive (130Kb)
8.9 pdf Standing Orders Working Group - Deputations Process, report by Chief Officer Corporate Solutions (116Kb)
8.10 pdf Local Review Body - Nomination of Member, report by Chief Officer Corporate Solutions (152Kb)
8.11 pdf Midlothian Armed Forces Covenant Plan 2025 to 2030, report by Executive Director Children, Young People and Partnerships (Acting) (253Kb)
8.12 pdf Penicuik High School Refurbishment and Expansion – Update Report, report by Executive Director Children, Young People and Partnerships (Acting) (530Kb)
Exclusion of Members of the Public

(A) TO CONSIDER RESOLVING TO DEAL WITH THE UNDERNOTED BUSINESS IN PRIVATE IN TERMS OF PARAGRAPHS 1, 8 AND 9 OF PART 1 OF SCHEDULE 7A TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT (SCOTLAND) ACT 1973 - THE RELEVANT REPORTS ARE THEREFORE NOT FOR PUBLICATION; AND

(B) TO NOTE THAT NOTWITHSTANDING ANY SUCH RESOLUTION, INFORMATION MAY STILL REQUIRE TO BE RELEASED UNDER THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION (SCOTLAND) ACT 2002 OR THE ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION REGULATIONS 2004.

Private Reports
9.1 Midlothian Energy Limited – Business Plan 2026-30, report by Executive Director Place
  1. pdf 9.1a 251128 Midlothian Energy Ltd Business Plan 2026-30 - Private
  2. pdf 9.1b Annual MEL Report 2025 PDF - Final - Private
  3. pdf 9.1c Midlothian_2024_final_accounts_v6.0_14.11.2025_collated (REDACTED) - Private
  4. pdf 9.1d Vattenfall Heat - Findings Report (MEL) - Final - Private
9.2 Lothian Buses - Transport ALEO Reform, report by Executive Director Place
  1. pdf 9.2a Appendix B - Minority Shareholder Agreement- 20251118 (highlighting and track changes removed) - Private
9.3 Chief Official and Chief Officer Terms and Conditions, report by Head of Paid Service and Acting HR Strategic Lead
  1. pdf 9.3a Appendix A - CO-155 Salaries Agreement - Private
Date Of Next Meeting
Date of next meeting

The next meeting will be held on Tuesday 24 February 2026.

Attendance

Attended - Committee Members
Name
No attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Attended - Other Members
Name
No other member attendance information has been recorded for the meeting.
Apologies
NameReason for Sending Apology
No apology information has been recorded for the meeting.
Absent
NameReason for Absence
No absentee information has been recorded for the meeting.

Declarations of Interests

Member NameItem Ref.DetailsNature of DeclarationAction
No declarations of interest have been entered for this meeting.

Visitors

Visitor Information is not yet available for this meeting

Webcast



This link will take you to an external website, the content displayed is managed and hosted externally to CMIS. Please note that the webcast may not be immediately available due to third party synchronisation delays.

Council and Democracy

Council and Democracy ☰