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New build sites in Musselburgh

Every housing site with planning consent that East Lothian Council’s housing land audit and planning register place in Musselburgh: 33 sites and 3,866 homes, 3,201 of them still to build.

The totals count each home once. A site the council's audit already holds under another name, or one announced by a developer and not yet in any council schedule, is drawn on the map and left out of the totals. Last updated August 2026, and refreshed monthly.

Sites

33

Homes counted

3,866

Still to build

3,201

Building now

10

Every site

33 sites in Musselburgh

Largest first. Each opens the site's own page: the builder, the planning reference, what the council's schedule records and where the record comes from.

New build sites in Musselburgh, East Lothian
SiteHomesStage
MH10 DolphingstoneTaylor Wimpey621Approved, not started
MH1 Craighall (Whitehill)Persimmon Homes546Approved, not started
MH1 Craighall/Burgh Gate (QMU)Persimmon Homes355Building now
E496 LDP MH13 Land at Whitecraig SouthBellway Homes300Approved, not started
) MH1 Craighall (Old Craighall)Persimmon Homes225Approved, not started
South of WhitecraigMiller Homes187Building now
MH1 Craighall (Whitehill) (Affordable)Persimmon Homes181Approved, not started
Dolphingstone Appeal Area 6Taylor Wimpey150Approved, not started
Area 6 Land To South, East And West WallyfordTaylor Wimpey149Building now
Area 8 & 10 Land west of Faside Terrace (St Clements Brae)David Wilson Homes147Building now
Former Tesco Store And Adjacent Land Mall Avenue Musselburgh140Approved, not started
Former Brunton Wireworks Site (Mall Avenue)Dundas Estates129Building now
Phase 2ATaylor Wimpey109Approved, not started
MH1 Craighall/Burgh Gate (QMU)(Affordable)East Lothian Council107Building now
EdenhallNHS Lothian100Approved, not started
Pinkie RoadTaylor Wimpey98Approved, not started
Barbachlaw Farm Wallyford Musselburgh94Approved, not started
Area 5 (Affordable)Wheatley Group90Approved, not started
Area 4 Land to South, East and West WallyfordDandara87Building now
Wallyford Learning Campus council homesEast Lothian Council / Cruden Homes76Approved, not started
) MH1 Craighall (Old Craighall)(Affordable)Persimmon Homes75Approved, not started
MH14 (Affordable)Places for People63Just finished
Area 6 (Affordable)McTaggart Construction60Approved, not started
Area 7 Land South of Faside TerraceEast Lothian Developments41Building now
Barbachlaw Farm, Salters Road (Wallace Park) Phase 2Ambassador Homes40Approved, not started
Land North West Of 1 Campie Road Olivebank Road Musselburgh40Application in progress
Phase 2A (Affordable)Taylor Wimpey37Approved, not started
Barbachlaw Farm, Salters Road (Wallace Park) Phase 1Ambassador Homes33Building now
Barbachlaw Farm, Salters Road (Wallace Park) (Affordable)Wheatley Group24Just finished
E433 Monktonhall Terrace (northeast)Edmond Developments Ltd12Approved but held up
Former Brunton Wireworks Site (Mall Avenue)(Affordable)11Approved, not started
1 & 3 High Street, Musselburgh (subdivision /conversion to 8 flats and 2 houses)Capital Developments Limited10Building now
Drummohr Avenue WallyfordCaledonian Heritable10Approved but held up

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Elsewhere across East Lothian

The other places the council's schedule names, most sites first. The East Lothian page lists them all.

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