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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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/00230/FUL
Alterations and change of use to form additional accommodation to first floor flat from commercial property
Cross Keys Inn Lilliesleaf Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9JA
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00231/FUL
Formation of new vehicular access, alterations to existing access and formation of access ramp and decking (retrospective)
1 Oakwood Cottages Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 5HJ
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00233/PNWIN
Replacement windows
Ravenslea Midlem Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 4QB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00235/FUL
Erection of workshop and garden store
Bloomfield Cottage Bloomfield Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6UW
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00236/FUL
Installation of LED Floodlighting on lighting columns
Pavilion Linton Hotspur Football Club Deanfoot Road West Linton Scottish Borders EH46 7AU
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00237/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse (revision to planning permission 24/01374/FUL)
1 Hill House Damside Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6HR
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00238/FUL
Alterations to dwellinghouse and replacement windows and door
Hartley Springhill Road Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 9ER
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00239/FUL
Alterations to window to form french door with Juliet balcony
33 Traquair Road Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6PD
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00240/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
58 Rosetta Road Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8HJ
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00241/AGN
Erection of 2no cattle courts
Land North Of Colmsliehill Farm Cottages Galashiels Scottish Borders
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00242/TPO
Work to tree
Grass Verge West Of Elderbank Castle Street Duns Scottish Borders
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00243/AGN
Erection of tool storage shed
Woodland East Of Craik Farm Hawick Scottish Borders
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00244/FUL
Alterations to 2no units to form gym (revision to planning permission 25/00576/FUL)
Land South Of Border Precision Services Ltd Solomon Way Pinnaclehill Industrial Estate Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00245/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
The Shiel Fisher's Lane Darnick Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9AS
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00246/FUL
Erection of free range poultry unit to accommodate 32,000 hens, formation of new access road and associated works
Land East Of Greenknowe Farm Cottages Gordon Scottish Borders
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00247/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Oaklea 8 Woodlands Foulden Scottish Borders TD15 1UF
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00248/CLEU
The building has been used continuously as a private workshop since 2012
Workshop 10 Eshiels Holdings Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8NA
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00249/FUL
Change of use from office to holiday let (retrospective)
Glenkirk Broughton Scottish Borders ML12 6JF
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00250/PPP
Erection of 2no dwellinghouses (renewal of planning permission 20/01224/PPP)
Land North East Of Kennetsideheads Farm Cottages Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00251/FUL
Installation of solar photo voltaic array and wall mounted battery storage
12 South Liddle Street Newcastleton Scottish Borders TD9 0RW
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00252/FUL
Erection of replacement bridge
Gately Bridge South Of Compass Slack Stow Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 2TH
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00253/CLPU
Change of use of existing outbuilding to form annex accommodation
Myerdykes Farmhouse Myerdykes Newcastleton Scottish Borders TD9 0SR
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00254/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Pine Cottage Drygrange Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9DJ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00258/FUL
Change of use to form dwellinghouse from office premises
Bank House 40 High Street Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6DQ
Received 25 Feb 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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