Place Making Project

Closes 29 Jun 2025

Opened 19 May 2025

Contact

Place Making Public Engagement

01620 827827

placemakingproject@eastlothian.gov.uk

Overview

The council is carrying out a place making project to review properties that deliver, or have the potential to deliver, general face-to-face services. This includes buildings that offer customer facilities where the public can speak face-to-face with an advisor, libraries with access to computers, bookable rooms and buildings which have the potential to be a community hub.

While there are no plans to stop or reduce these services, new approaches to the operation of buildings could help ensure the council has good quality, well used assets within local communities offering modern and flexible facilities to meet the needs of local residents.

This could be achieved by using buildings differently, for example in some communities co-locating services which might currently be delivered from different buildings under one roof.

There could also be opportunities for communities to take over the running of some buildings – such as by leasing them, community asset transfer or looking at opportunities with community planning partners and others.

Find out more at our Place Making drop-in events.

Why your views matter

The council has approved a number of savings which includes £3.6m from reducing current operational property running costs, alongside £23.4m capital receipts from land and property sales.  In order to support these challenges, it is hoped this placed based asset review will ensure the council operates good quality and well utilised buildings with modern facilities in a sustainable and efficient way.

We want to hear your views on the buildings within scope of the project. Your feedback will help develop options for the use of buildings which enable us to achieve a balanced budget whilst delivering high-quality services.

Give us your views

Online Survey

Events

Areas

  • All Areas

Audiences

  • Everyone

Interests

  • Local Services