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Galafoot Railway Viaduct Winston Road Galashiels Scottish Borders

26/00227/WPNWaverley Prior NotificationApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 16 March 2026

Council decision: Prior approval required - grantedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 1 no. overhead line equipment stanchion to the railway bridge

Received
17 February 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Leaderdale And Melrose
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Mar
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 27 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an outline application at Galafoot Railway Viaduct Winston Road Galashiels Scottish Borders. Scottish Borders has handled 602 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 2 weeks quicker than Scottish Borders's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 34 applications across Leaderdale And Melrose.

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
Tweedbank Community Council

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Target decision date
17 March 2026
Permission expires
16 March 2031

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    17 Feb

    Installation of 1 no. overhead line equipment stanchion to the railway bridge.

    PendingListed building consentFiled alongside26/00222/LBC
  2. 2026
    17 Feb

    Installation of 1 no. overhead line equipment stanchion to the railway bridge

    This applicationApprovedOutline26/00227/WPN

Source: Scottish Borders

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