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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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided26/00923/LBC
Installation of boiler flue and copper gas pipe
Dovecote 9 Towerburn Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 8TB
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00928/ADV
Installation of projection sign, vinyl cut window lettering and logo, brass plaque fixed to stone facade (part retrospective)
The Bank Of Scotland 70 High Street Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8SW
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00929/LBC
Remove night safe and glaze, alterations and installation of new signage (part retrospective)
The Bank Of Scotland 70 High Street Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 8SW
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00930/FUL
Erection of cattle court
Land At Kerchesters Farm Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00931/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Alsheenan Waverley Road Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SH
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00932/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
20 Green Lane Cardrona Peebles Scottish Borders EH45 9LJ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00933/AGN
Erection of agricultural building
Westwood Farm Houndwood Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5TP
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00934/VAA
Vehicular Aceess Application to drop kerb
5 Fairhurst Drive Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 8HT
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00936/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse and formation of access
Land East Of Caldra North Lodge Duns Scottish Borders
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00937/LBC
Replacement windows
Willow House 17 Slitrig Crescent Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 0EN
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn26/00938/AGN
Erection of agricultural building
Grahamslaw Farm Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00939/PNWIN
Replacement windows
Rose Cottage Smith's Road Darnick Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9AL
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00940/TCA
Work to trees
Kirklands Leithen Road Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6NH
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00941/TCA
Work to trees
Meadow House Weirgate Brae St Boswells Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 0BD
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00942/CON
Demolition of school buildings
Jedburgh Grammar School Friarsgate Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6BP
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00944/FUL
Erection of wooden hut for recreational use
Sarahs Wood Land North Of Blinkbonny Cottage Newcastleton Scottish Borders
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00945/FUL
Erection of 5 No glamping pods with associated car parking and entrance gates, and erection of retrospective stables
Sharplaw Estate Land South Of Harden Burn Jedburgh Scottish Borders
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/00946/PNWIN
Replacement windows
Borthwick House Main Street West Linton Scottish Borders EH46 7EA
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00947/VAA
Vehicular Access Application to drop kerb
10 Laird's Hill Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5ED
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00948/FUL
Erection of ancillary accomodation
85 Abbotseat Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7LT
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00949/FUL
Change of use to form dwellinghouse from existing holiday let
Paradise Lane School Road Coldingham Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5NS
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00950/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Friarshawmuir Farmhouse Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 4PZ
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Registered26/00951/TPO
Work to tree
The Elms 5 Abbotsford Road Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3DP
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00952/FUL
Erection of garage with car port
Houndwood House Reston Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5TW
Received 18 Jun 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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