New affordable flats in a housing estate have been given the go ahead after councillors were told they would be built off-site and craned into place. Ark Housing Association plans to build 12 flats on land in Windsor Square, Penicuik, using a modular system which will see blocks built in a factory. A meeting of Midlothian Council’s planning committee today approved the proposals which received nine objections from local residents concerned about the impact on parking, road safety and the look of... Read this story
