Edinburgh Mill student flats plan backed

Plans to convert an empty Galashiels mill – branded as horrible – into student accommodation have been welcomed by Galashiels Community Council, despite concerns over a lack of parking spaces,

Haddington-based Ewan Brown has submitted a planning bid to turn the former Bristol Mill beside the A7 Edinburgh road into a 108-bed complex for students at Borders College and Heriot-Watt University.

Community councillors support the plan to bring the former spinning mill, which shut in 1998, back into use …

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