Melrose: Controversial housing bid facing council U-turn
The future of a controversial Melrose housing project is uncertain amid a proposed council planning U-turn.
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The future of a controversial Melrose housing project is uncertain amid a proposed council planning U-turn.
The site forms part of the grounds of the former Dingleton Hospital, now converted into a successful apartment complex.
The proposed site was formerly an orchard for the hospital but has not functioned as such for a number of years.
Chiefswood Road in Melrose. The council says the trial is to obtain usage data to support a possible funding bid for a new dedicated, off-road pathway to run alongside the road, which runs from Darnick, past Borders General Hospital, to Dingleton Road, opposite the town’s golf club. Borderers were initially asked to give their feedback on plans to temporarily introduce a one-way system on Chiefswood Road to allow for a shared space for pedestrians and cyclists. Of Melrose residents who took part in the survey, 114 (28%) said they would like a trial, while 173 (42%) wouldn’t. And of those ...