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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0 approved · 0 refused · 35 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01055/ADV
Installation of illuminated signage
The Exchange Inn 6 - 8 Exchange Street Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6BH
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01075/TCA
Work to tree
Greencroft The Green St Boswells Melrose Scottish Borders TD6 0ET
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01076/TPO
Work to tree
Innerleithen Parish Church Leithen Road Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6HX
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01077/MOD75
Discharge of planning obligation pursuant to planning permission 20/00144/FUL and 20/00145/LBC
Roger G Dodd And Co 10 - 12 Bridge Street Kelso Scottish Borders
Received 15 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01085/AGN
Erection of general purpose agricultural storage building
Gilmanscleuch Farmhouse Selkirk Scottish Borders TD7 5HR
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01086/AGN
Erection of general purpose agricultural building
Hutton Mains Hutton Scottish Borders
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01096/TPO
Work to trees
Land At Millar House High Cross Avenue Melrose Scottish Borders
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01097/FUL
Formation of door from existing window
149 Scott Street Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 1DU
Received 17 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01104/PPP
Erection of two dwellinghouses with garages, formation of access and associated works
Land South West Of Hopefield Huntlywood Gordon Scottish Borders
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01106/FUL
Erection of pergola and decking (amendment to planning permission 25/01427/FUL)
Dalboig 7 Melrose Road Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 2AE
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01107/VAA
Vehicular Access Application to drop kerb
3 Leyden Bank Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 9PG
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01108/FUL
Erection of recreational hut and compost toilet
Land East Of Glenormiston Farmhouse Innerleithen Scottish Borders
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01109/FUL
Alterations and two storey extension to dwellinghouse
31 Headrig Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6HP
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01111/TPO
Work to trees
2 Heronhill Close Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 9RA
Received 22 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01113/FUL
Formation of equestrian riding arena and associated access
Land South Of 6 Hillend Farm Cottages Reston Scottish Borders
Received 23 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01115/TCA
Work to trees
28 Belmont Place Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7JB
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01116/CLPU
Alterations to garage to form ancillary accommodation
57 The Beeches Tweedbank Galashiels Scottish Borders TD1 3SY
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01117/FUL
External redecoration, external alterations and improvement to disabled access.
O'Connel Street Medical Practice 6 O'connell Street Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 9HU
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01118/LBC
Replacement windows
5B Howegate Hawick Scottish Borders TD9 0AA
Received 24 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01122/AGN
Erection of general purpose agricultural building
Roxburgh Mains Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 8NJ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01123/FUL
Erection of agricultural building
Kelloe Mains Farm Duns Scottish Borders
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01124/FUL
Change of use of ground floor offices to form residential flat and refurbishment of building and replacement windows.
15 & 15A (Flat) North Street Duns Scottish Borders TD11 3AP
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01125/FUL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Screel Fisher's Brae Coldingham Eyemouth Scottish Borders TD14 5NJ
Received 27 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01127/FUL
Erection of dwellinghouse
Land Adjacent Kingswood Lodge Bonnington Road Peebles Scottish Borders
Received 29 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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