MDLP 2 - Retail Study

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Added at 15:39 on 06 September 2025

MLDP2 – Retail Study  

For information, as part of work for the replacement Midlothian Local Development Plan (MDLP2), Midlothian Council has commissioned a retail study.  The study will amongst other things identify where people do their shopping, and seek to establish where centres are vulnerable and need support or protection. 

As part of this study, a telephone based survey is being carried out, commencing 1st September, by NEMS market research, an independent market research company.  They will seek to complete 1000 interviews.  The market researchers will identify themselves as carrying out work for Midlothian Council.   There will also be some households in the Edinburgh and East Lothian areas asked about their shopping habits, to help establish the future prospects of the Straiton Retail area.