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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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/01018/FUL
Alterations and extension to form ancillary accommodation from garage
Tower Brae Cottage 36 Tower Street Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 4LS
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01019/VAA
Vehicular Access Application to drop kerb
52 Kenilworth Avenue Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 2DB
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01021/NECON
Erection of 8 turbines, 200 metre base to tip, solar photovoltaic array and battery energy storage system (BESS)
Outsite SBC LA Area Dummy TS BLPU Newtown St Boswells Scottish Borders
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01023/TCA
Work to trees
Nether Ludge Smailholm Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7PH
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01024/FUL
Erection of replacement dwellinghouse
Littledean Cottage Maxton Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 0RP
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01026/AGN
Erection of storage shed
Woodlands Lindean Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 4QN
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01028/FUL
Extension and alterations to existing fishing hut
Fishing Hut Junction Pool Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01029/FUL
Formation of glamping pod with decking, footpaths and associated parking
Land West Of 6 Lamberton Holding Lamberton Scottish Borders
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01031/SCO
Erection of data centre comprising of three data centre buildings with associated infrastucture
Southside Data Centre Land At Clawbare Cottage Longformacus Scottish Borders
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01034/FUL
Alterations and change of use to form residential flat from ground floor public bar.
The Smiddy Bar Ashkirk Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 4NU
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01035/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse.
Gowdens Cottage Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8AA
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01036/FUL
Alterations and part change of use to form short term holiday let from dwellinghouse
Former Peniel Revival Centre Guest House Halterburn Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8PP
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01037/LBC
Alterations to form short term holiday let from part of dwellinghouse
Former Peniel Revival Centre Guest House Halterburn Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8PP
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01038/AGN
Extension to existing agricultural building
Mossburnford Farm Jedburgh Scottish Borders
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01039/FUL
Alterations and change of use from office to veterinary surgery
Roxburgh House 2 Roxburgh Street Galashiels Scottish Borders
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01040/AGN
Extension to existing agricultural building
Edington Mains Farm Edington Mill Road Chirnside Scottish Borders
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01041/FUL
Variation of condition 4 of planning permission 22/01362/FUL to extend opening hours
10 Heatherlie Park Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 5AL
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01042/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and form craft room/studio from byre
Cragside Hume Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7TR
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01043/LBC
Stabilisation works to studio building
Resource Centre High Sutherland Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3PL
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01044/FUL
Erection of garage with gym
Doecleuch House Skelfhill Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 0PJ
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01045/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Happy Thistle Farm East Bridgelands Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 4PT
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01046/FUL
Alterations, extension and change of use to form farm shop and dwellinghouse from existing cottage
North Cottage Marlefield Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8ED
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01049/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse, alterations to outbuildings to form additional accommodation and installation of solar photo voltaic array to roof
Viewfield South Street Gavinton Duns Scottish Borders TD11 3QT
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01052/FUL
Erection of first floor extension to dwellinghouse
Kaimes 10 Ormiston Grove Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 9SR
Received 15 Jul 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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