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Scottish Borders
Planning applications.

Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Scottish Borders. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.

Collected application statistics

Collected records · All available dates

1,376Searchable applications

427Recorded as pending

—Approval rate · 0 approved or refused records

0Refused applications

0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 1 Apr 2022 to 25 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.

Local planning information

Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026

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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions

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Conservation areas43 mapped area records

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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.

Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.

More application records

Decided25/01397/FUL
Removal of render from external walls and repoint with lime mortar (part retrospective)
9 Crofts Road Lauder Scottish Borders TD2 6QJ
Received 8 Oct 2025
Decided25/01398/FUL
Change of use from primary school and alterations to form dwellinghouse
Primary School School Road Eccles Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7QS
Received 9 Oct 2025
Registered25/01399/FUL
Reinstatement and extension to derelict dwellinghouse and erection of car port
Ploughlands Greenlaw Duns Scottish Borders TD10 6UJ
Received 9 Oct 2025
Decided25/01400/FUL
Change of use to form dwellinghouse from 2 no holiday let accommodation
Premises Nenthorn House Nenthorn Scottish Borders
Received 9 Oct 2025
Decided25/01401/LBC
Alterations to dwellinghouse
Cheeklaw House Station Road Duns Scottish Borders TD11 3HS
Received 9 Oct 2025
Decided25/01402/VAA
Dropped kerb application
48A Pinnaclehill Park Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8HA
Received 9 Oct 2025
Decided25/01404/FUL
Alterations and extension to derelict cottages to form dwellinghouse
Derelict Cottages Land North East Of Lambden Farm Lambden Greenlaw Scottish Borders
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01405/LBC
Alterations to form holiday let from annex accommodation
Wyndhead Annexe Wyndhead Steading Lauder Scottish Borders TD2 6UD
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01406/FUL
Alterations to outbuilding to form ancillary accommodation
School House Westruther Gordon Scottish Borders TD3 6NE
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01407/LBC
Alterations to outbuilding to form ancillary accommodation
School House Westruther Gordon Scottish Borders TD3 6NE
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01408/FUL
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse and erection of retaining wall and shed
Grange House Drygrange Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9DJ
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01409/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated access
Land At Greenriggs Greenlaw Duns Scottish Borders
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01410/LBC
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
Grange House Drygrange Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9DJ
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01411/FUL
Erection of agricultural building
Land East Of Lambden Farm Cottages Lambden Greenlaw Scottish Borders
Received 10 Oct 2025
Decided25/01412/FUL
Alterations to dwellinghouse
6 Beaconsfield Terrace Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 0HS
Received 13 Oct 2025
Decided25/01413/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
21 Craigmyle Park Peel Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3LA
Received 13 Oct 2025
Decided25/01414/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse (revision to planning permission 25/00605/FUL)
Land Adjacent Quarter House Broughton Scottish Borders
Received 13 Oct 2025
Decided25/01415/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Westfield 62 Edinburgh Road Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8EB
Received 13 Oct 2025
Decided25/01416/FUL
Extension to form porch
Causewayend House 1 Causewayend Ancrum Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6UZ
Received 13 Oct 2025
Decided25/01417/CLPU
Alterations to increase area off street parking
Strathallan Todlaw Road Duns Scottish Borders TD11 3EW
Received 13 Oct 2025
Decided25/01418/CLPU
Removal of door
Christies Warehouse Lochpark Industrial Estate Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 9JA
Received 14 Oct 2025
Decided25/01419/FUL
Alteration to replace shop front
Unit 6 Gala Water Retail Park Huddersfield Street Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3AP
Received 14 Oct 2025
Unknown25/01420/AGN
Erection of agricultural building
Land At The Pond House Midgard Hawick Scottish Borders
Received 14 Oct 2025
Withdrawn25/01421/LBC
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
Weirdlaw 12 High Cross Avenue Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SQ
Received 14 Oct 2025

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Researching a proposal in Scottish Borders

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Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
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Published 6 Aug 2026Updated 13 Sept 2026
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Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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Published 13 Aug 2026Updated 13 Sept 2026

What these statistics cover

These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Scottish Borders, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.

The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.

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