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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
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 dates1,376Searchable 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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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 2026Planning information Comment on a planning applicationContact planning Contact Planning and Building Standards EnforcementLocal plan Local development planPre-application advice What needs planning permissionConservation areas Conservation areas
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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
- Registered26/00013/TCA
Work to trees
The Old School House High Street Ayton Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5QN
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00014/VAA
Vehicle Access Application
36 Langlee Drive Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 2EB
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Registered26/00015/LBC
Restoration to grotto roof structure
Lynburn Carlops Scottish Borders EH26 9NH
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00016/LBC
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Weavers Cottage Carlops Scottish Borders EH26 9NF
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00017/VAA
Vehicle Access Application
20 Murrayfield Gordon Scottish Borders TD3 6LW
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00018/FUL
Extensions and alterations to dwellinghouse
78 Kingsland Square Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8EZ
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00019/FUL
Change of use of land to play park, installation of play equipment and associated features and erection of boundary fencing and entrance feature
Site At Former Earlston Primary School High Street Earlston Scottish Borders TD4 6JQ
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00020/FUL
Installation of replacement refrigeration plant
Co-op Supermarket Peebles Road Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6QZ
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00022/FUL
Erection of trellis, installation of decking, patio and paving, extend fence and widen parking area
Valley View 1 Hay Park Loan Stow Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 2SF
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00023/FUL
Installation of rooflight and replacement front door
Lavender House 2 Montgomery Place Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8ET
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00026/CLPU
Alterations to reinstate East Wing
Torwoodlee House Torwoodlee Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1TZ
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00027/LBC
Alterations to reinstate East Wing
Torwoodlee House Torwoodlee Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1TZ
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00029/CLPU
Replacement windows
Ground Floor Flats 1 - 4 High Tweed Mill King Street Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1PX
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00030/LBC
Replacement windows and alterations to internal layout
1 - 4 High Tweed Mill King Street Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1PX
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00034/FUL
Installation of meteorological mast up to 100m in height with instrumentation to monitor wind data (renewal of 22/00940/FUL)
Land North West Of Hillhouse Oxton Scottish Borders
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00035/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse and formation of new access, infrastructure and landscaping
Land North Of Burnbrae Farm Cottages Nenthorn Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7RY
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00036/FUL
Removal of existing pre-fabricated building/shipping containers, erection of storage building and pre-fabricated office building and associated ground works
Transco Gas Works Galafoot Lane Netherdale Galafoot Lane Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3HJ
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00037/FUL
Alterations and change of use to form holiday let accommodation from garage
Garage East Of Dovecote Cottage Selkirk Scottish Borders
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00038/FUL
Erection of first floor balcony
45 Monkswood Gattonside Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9NS
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Registered26/00039/TPO
Work to trees
Sunnycote Ormiston Terrace Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SW
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Unknown26/00041/VAA
Vehicle Access Application
Stewards House Eccles Tofts Farm Greenlaw Duns Scottish Borders TD10 6UJ
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00042/FUL
Extension to dwellinghouse
18 Forest Gardens Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1JX
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00043/FUL
Extension to recreational hut
Plot 1 Land East Of Wester Deans West Linton Scottish Borders
Received 14 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00044/FUL
Erection of holiday cabin for employees/public use
Land West Of Grange Wood Coldingham Scottish Borders
Received 14 Jan 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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