Search Scottish Borders Council planning applications
285 in the last 90 days105 in the last 3034 in the last 1478% approveddecisions typically take 34 days
Source: Scottish Borders Council planning register · updated daily
- Disused Boiler House South Of 1 Fairways Chiefswood Road Melrose Scottish Borders
Discharge of planning obligation pursuant to planning application 19/00616/FUL 26/01603/MOD75
PendingModification Section 75 AgreementsReceived 22 Oct 202626/01603/MOD75 - 6 Winchester Row Kelso Scottish Borders TD5 7DT
Formation of an open-plan kitchen and dining area, including alterations to internal partitions at first-floor level
PendingListed Building ConsentReceived 22 Oct 202626/01600/LBC - Land North West Of Jeaniefield Blainslie Scottish Borders
Upgrade of existing track
PendingPrior NotificationReceived 22 Oct 202626/01597/PN - 4 Bairnkine Cottages Jedburgh Scottish Borders TD8 6PH
Dormer extension to dwellinghouse
PendingFull ApplicationReceived 22 Oct 202626/01601/FUL - Bowbeat Windfarm Innerleithen Scottish Borders
Installation of up to nine wind turbines with a mximum tip height of up to 230m and associated ancillary infrastructure and BESS
PendingPre Application NotificationReceived 21 Oct 202626/01604/PAN
House prices in Scottish Borders Council: average £193,050, +4.5% over 12 months (UK House Price Index, July 2026)
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Planning Applications by Town in Scottish Borders Council
411 towns and villages. Click any town for a planning search of applications nearby.
Main towns in Scottish Borders Council
- Peebles83 applications in the last 12 months
- Hawick35 applications in the last 12 months
- Selkirk30 applications in the last 12 months
- Darnick30 applications in the last 12 months
- Galashiels29 applications in the last 12 months
- Jedburgh26 applications in the last 12 months
- Maxwellheugh26 applications in the last 12 months
- Innerleithen23 applications in the last 12 months
- Duns17 applications in the last 12 months
- Eyemouth16 applications in the last 12 months
- St Boswells16 applications in the last 12 months
- Earlston13 applications in the last 12 months
Postcode districts
- EH45129 applications in the last 12 months
- TD697 applications in the last 12 months
- TD991 applications in the last 12 months
- TD588 applications in the last 12 months
- TD187 applications in the last 12 months
- TD1173 applications in the last 12 months
- TD747 applications in the last 12 months
- TD840 applications in the last 12 months
- TD1438 applications in the last 12 months
- ML1230 applications in the last 12 months
- EH4427 applications in the last 12 months
- EH4623 applications in the last 12 months
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About Scottish Borders Council Planning Authority
Track every planning application and planning permission decision in the Scottish Borders Council area. View live status, browse proposals by postcode, and get free email alerts for new developments. Updated daily from the council planning portal.
Scottish Borders Council is one of Scotland's 32 council areas, located in the picturesque Borders region. It shares borders with West Lothian, Edinburgh, and Midlothian to the north, the North Sea to the east, and Dumfries and Galloway to the south-west, with English counties Cumbria and Northumberland to the south. The largest settlement is Galashiels, while Newtown St Boswells serves as the administrative centre, making it a key area for planning applications and local development initiatives.
The council area encompasses 411 towns and villages, including Coldstream, Duns, Eyemouth, Galashiels, Hawick and Innerleithen. Use the planning application search above to find proposals across these communities by postcode.
In the last 24 months, Scottish Borders Council received 1,607 planning applications. Of these, 78% were approved, with an average decision time of 34 days.
The most common types were outline applications (182), tree works (109), listed building and heritage (70). 4 large-scale developments were submitted during this period.
Residents and developers can search all planning permission and permitted development applications for Scottish Borders Council above. To comment or object to a live application, visit the Scottish Borders Council planning portal directly. Planning Signal links to the original submission for every application listed.