The owners of a listed house have applied for planning permission to create a working fruit and vegetable garden in its grounds.

Plans to create a working domestic garden on the site of a former greenhouse in a walled garden space at Rosedate, on the edge of Rosewell, have been lodged with Midlothian planners.

Rosedale was once the home of Archibald Hood, an entrepreneur who began mining at Whitehill Colliery in 1856 and established the colliery village of Rosewell before going on to set up collieries in Wales.

The property is Category C listed and its current owners have applied for Listed Building Consent to change the landscaping around the house to incorporate the new kitchen gardens.

It says the changed will "improve the existing landscaping around the address and create a wor

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