Stoneyhill Community Centre Musselburgh Common Good

Overview

Stoneyhill Community Centre is a grade-C listed two-storey sports and recreation hall built in 1924/25 following a philanthropic contribution to the community by Inveresk Paper Mills. It is held in Common Good for Musselburgh.

It closed in 2019 and was last used on a temporary basis in 2021 as a Covid testing centre.

East Lothian Council is proposing to sell or lease Stoneyhill Community Centre in its existing condition. Any new owner or leaseholder would need to bring the building up to a suitable standard for use and fully maintain it. Income from the sale or lease would be reinvested into the Musselburgh Common Good Fund.

About Common Good assets and Common Good Funds

East Lothian has four Common Good Funds: Dunbar, Haddington, Musselburgh and North Berwick which are administered by a Common Good Committee. The Funds’ main function is to allow for the maintenance and repair of Common Good assets. They can also provide money to support activities and events which will benefit the inhabitants of the former burghs.

Musselburgh is the largest of the funds with a budget of £150,000 for 2025/26.

The area of each Common Good Fund is defined by Burgh maps from 1973 and only residents or organisations that live or operate within these areas can apply for common good funding.

Why your views matter

To share your views on the proposed sale or lease of a Common Good Asset and the reinvestment of sale income into the Musselburgh Common Good Fund.