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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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
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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
- Unknown26/00895/PN
Upgrade of existing forestry track
Land North West Of Hartside Oxton Scottish Borders
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00896/TCA
Work to trees
2 Dingleton Drive Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9JL
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00897/FUL
Erection of double garage
The Old Barn Westwater West Linton Scottish Borders EH46 7BS
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00899/PN
Formation of forestry roads
Berryfell Hill And Hare Hill Land South East Of Berryfell Farmhouse Hawick Scottish Borders
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00900/AGN
Erection of agricultural building
Wester Wooden Farm Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00901/FUL
Dormer extension to dwellinghouse
Torsonce Mansion House Stow Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 2SN
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00902/TCA
Work to trees
Tweedbank Greenside Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8JA
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00903/TPO
Work to trees
Innerleithen Parish Church Leithen Road Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6HX
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00904/TCA
Work to trees
Loanside 29 Caledonian Road Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 9DJ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00905/VAA
Vehicular Access Application to extend dropped kerb
50 Mclagan Drive Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 8BT
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00906/FUL
Extension to dwellinghouse to form covered entrance area and erection of replacement garage
Morven 11 Ormiston Terrace Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SW
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00907/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Priorbank Hermitage Lane Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7AN
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00908/FUL
Alterations and extenison to dwellinghouse
7 Mordington Holding Mordington Scottish Borders TD15 1XA
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00909/LBC
Erection of replacement conservatory
Tweed Cottage Waverley Road Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SL
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00910/LBC
Installation of non illuminated signage (retrospective)
17 High Street Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1RY
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00912/FUL
Installation of 6no. lighting columns to illuminate site
Transco Gas Works Galafoot Lane Netherdale Galafoot Lane Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3HJ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00913/FUL
Installation of access ramp
Elmsfield Broughton Scottish Borders ML12 6HH
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00914/FUL
Erection of new footbridge to replace existing railway bridge
Old Shiel Pool Bridge Broughton Scottish Borders
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00915/FUL
Erection of replacement conservatory
Tweed Cottage Waverley Road Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SL
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00916/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Croftlands Main Street St Boswells Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 0AE
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00917/FUL
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
32 Abbotsford Terrace Darnick Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9AD
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00920/PNWIN
Replacement windows
Sunnyside The Bow Coldingham Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5NE
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00921/LBC
Removal of hopper and alterations to storage yard
Marchmont House Greenlaw Duns Scottish Borders TD10 6YL
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00922/FUL
Alterations to existing storage yard, erection of garage block with storage and formation of 2 no parking spaces with EVC
Marchmont House Greenlaw Duns Scottish Borders TD10 6YL
Received 12 Jun 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Scottish Borders
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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