Shawfair is a 21st century development, primarily residential in character, under construction in

Midlothian Midlothian (; gd, Meadhan Lodainn) is a historic county, registration county, lieutenancy area and one of 32 council areas of Scotland used for local government. Midlothian lies in the east-central Lowlands, bordering the City of Edinburgh, ...

, Scotland, near to the existing village of

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and the hamlets of Newton and Millerhill, which lie just outside the eastern boundary of the city of

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.Work on Shawfair set to start
The Scotsman, 18 November 2005£100m community set for Edinburgh outskirts
The Scotsman, 25 July 2006 It is to be built on the site of the former Monktonhall

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. The name is derived from a local farm steading of the same name.

History

In 2005,

Midlothian Council Midlothian Council is the local authority for Midlothian, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland, covering an area immediately south of the city of Edinburgh. The council is based in Dalkeith. Since the last boundary changes in 2017, eighteen co ...

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and

Miller Developments A miller is a person who operates a mill, a machine to grind a grain (for example corn or wheat) to make flour. Milling is among the oldest of human occupations. "Miller", "Milne" and other variants are common surnames, as are their equivalent ...

created a joint venture, Shawfair Developments Ltd, to work on the scheme. The Minewater Project, an experimental scheme to provide geothermal energy was to be based in Shawfair; however the business case was deemed not economically viable. In 2009 Miller pulled out due to market conditions, putting the development in doubt. In November 2010, plans for the settlement were put on hold and the joint venture between Edinburgh City Council and Midlothian Council was dissolved. The Shawfair project was later restarted in 2014 under the name Shawfair LLP, a joint venture between Mactaggart & Mickel and Buccleuch Property. The £200m development of Shawfair, expected to take 15 years, was forecast to provide a projected net economic output of around £32.2 million per annum during development and £99.9 million per annum thereafter. The site encompasses . The £200 million development will create a new residential and commercial centre with around 4,000 new homes, two primary schools, a secondary school and of commercial and retail space. The first phases of commercial and house building were progressed in 2018 and 2019. The Shawfair railway station on the newly created

Borders Railway The Borders Railway connects the city of Edinburgh with Galashiels and Tweedbank in the Scottish Borders. The railway follows most of the alignment of the northern part of the Waverley Route, a former double-track line in southern Scotland a ...

, which opened in September 2015, will connect the new town centre with Edinburgh city centre.

Shawfair Park

In late 2007, near the planned site of Shawfair, construction work began on ''Shawfair Park'', a new

business park A business park or office park is a designated area of land in which many office buildings are grouped together. These types of developments are often located in suburban areas where land and building costs are more affordable, and are typically ...

with approximately of office space and ancillary uses next to the new Sheriffhall

park and ride A park and ride, also known as incentive parking or a commuter lot, is a parking lot with public transport connections that allows commuting, commuters and other people heading to city centres to leave their vehicles and transfer to a bus, Rail t ...

. The development includes a

private hospital A private hospital is a hospital not owned by the government, including for-profits and non-profits. Funding is by patients themselves ("self-pay"), by insurers, or by foreign embassies. Private hospitals are commonly part, albeit in varying degr ...

, ''Spire Shawfair Park,'' complementing an existing facility in Edinburgh's

Murrayfield Murrayfield is an affluent area to the west of Edinburgh city centre in Scotland. It is to the east of Corstorphine and north of Balgreen and Roseburn. The A8 road runs east–west through the south of the area. Murrayfield is often conside ...

.Spire Shawfair Park Hospital
Spire Healthcare

References

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Official development website
{{authority control Populated places in Midlothian New towns in Scotland Planned residential developments