Torwoodlee Railway Bridge Galashiels Scottish Borders
Approved on 12 February 2026
Council decision: Prior approval required - grantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of overhead line equipment
- Received
- 21 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- Scottish Borders Council
- Ward
- Galashiels And District
- ReceivedReceived21 Jan
- ValidatedValidated21 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 Feb
Decided in 22 days (council typically 42)
About this application
This is an outline application at Torwoodlee Railway Bridge Galashiels Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 3 weeks quicker than Scottish Borders's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 15 applications across Galashiels And District.
89% of outline applications at Scottish Borders Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Application type
- Waverley Prior Notification
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- Galashiels Community Council (In Abeyance)
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 January 2026
- Target decision date
- 18 February 2026
- Permission expires
- 12 February 2031
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
- Constraints
- 17
Site constraints
Source: Scottish Borders
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