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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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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

Decided25/01552/PPP
Erection of five dwellinghouses and associated access
Land North Of Craigend Road And Burnside Way Stow Scottish Borders
Received 31 Oct 2025
Decided25/01553/FUL
Change of use to form padel court from agricultural shed (retrospective)
Agricultural Shed North Of Cliftonhill Farm Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 31 Oct 2025
Decided25/01556/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
9 Brunton Park Bowden Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 0SZ
Received 3 Nov 2025
Decided25/01557/FUL
Installation of sign posts, new seating, cycle racks at the existing path route
Siccar Point Path Route Land North East And West Of Old Cambus West Mains Cockburnspath Scottish Borders
Received 3 Nov 2025
Decided25/01558/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse
Plot 41 Land West Of 42 Monkswood Monkswood Gattonside Scottish Borders
Received 3 Nov 2025
Decided25/01559/VAA
Vehicle Access Application to lower kerb for driveway
21 Queen's Drive Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 8EH
Received 3 Nov 2025
Decided25/01561/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
63 Haymons Cove Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5EG
Received 4 Nov 2025
Decided25/01564/FUL
Formation of access road
Yair Forest Car Park Land East Of Craigmyle Park Craigmyle Park Peel Scottish Borders
Received 4 Nov 2025
Decided25/01567/FUL
Erection of replacement dwellinghouse
1 The Fairways Cardrona Scottish Borders EH45 9NQ
Received 4 Nov 2025
Registered25/01568/TPO
Work to tree
6 High Cross Avenue Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SQ
Received 4 Nov 2025
Registered25/01569/TCA
Work to tree
Rose Cottage The Square Cockburnspath Scottish Borders TD13 5XX
Received 4 Nov 2025
Registered25/01570/PNWIN
Replacement windows
5C And 5D Queen Mary's Buildings Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6EW
Received 4 Nov 2025
Unknown25/01571/PN
Formation of spur road
Ninestain Rig Land At East Sundhope Falls Hawick Scottish Borders
Received 5 Nov 2025
Unknown25/01572/PN
Extension to existing foretry track
Ninestain Rig Land East Sundhope Falls Hawick Scottish Borders
Received 5 Nov 2025
Unknown25/01573/PN
Formation of forestry track
Lethem Southdean Rig Land South Of Southdean Lodge Hawick Scottish Borders
Received 5 Nov 2025
Unknown25/01574/PNWIN
Replacement windows
Ingleside Main Street Morebattle Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8QQ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Registered25/01576/TPO
Work to tree
School House Gifford Road Longformacus Duns Scottish Borders TD11 3NZ
Received 5 Nov 2025
Decided25/01579/FUL
Replacement windows and doors
5 Chapel Street Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6HN
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decided25/01581/FUL
Section 42 application for non-compliance with condition 5 of planning permission 23/01872/FUL to allow the access and roadway to be retained permanently for operation of the substation
Land East Of 2 Winston Road Winston Road Galashiels Scottish Borders
Received 6 Nov 2025
Unknown25/01583/AGN
Erection of two agricultural sheds
Nether Howden Farm Land North West Of Vre House Carfraemill Oxton Scottish Borders
Received 6 Nov 2025
Unknown25/01584/PN
Formation of agricultural track
Nether Howden Farm Land North And North West Of Leader House Carfraemill Oxton Scottish Borders
Received 6 Nov 2025
Registered25/01585/TCA
Work to trees
Land East Of 21 Craigmyle Park Craigmyle Park Peel Scottish Borders
Received 6 Nov 2025
Decided25/01591/FUL
Change of use of Old Kirk and alterations to form ancillary accommodation for dwellinghouse
Kirkhill House Mordington Scottish Borders TD15 1UZ
Received 7 Nov 2025
Decided25/01596/FUL
New stone faced retaining walls around dwellinghouse
East Lodge Generals Bridge Bowhill Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 5ET
Received 7 Nov 2025

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Researching a proposal in Scottish Borders

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Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.
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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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