Scottish Borders

Restrictions on public access to land to be used for a £450 million Center Parcs holiday village have been approved by Scottish government ministers.

Plans have been submitted by Eildon Housing Association for a new housing development right in the centre of Galashiels at St Aidans, offering 19 general needs apartments with car parking.

At the halfway point in its 15-year programme, the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal is continuing to deliver for the Scottish Borders, including the ongoing development of the Borders Innovation Park.

Scottish Borders Council is continuing work to explore the potential extension of the Borders Railway to Hawick and Carlisle.

A proposal to demolish a derelict Borders farm cottage believed to date back to the early 1600s has been refused amid concerns it would set an “unwelcome precedent” for countryside development. Julia and James Campbell had applied to Scottish Borders Council for permission to knock down

A major wind farm proposal in the Scottish Borders is heading back for reconsideration after Scotland’s highest civil court ruled that the planning reporter failed to properly assess whether the turbines and their future grid connection should have been treated as a single project.

Plans to bring a long-vacant landmark building in Galashiels back into active use have taken an important step forward, with Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) confirming the purchase of the property.

Scottish Borders Council’s Active Travel and Transport Team have successfully secured Tier 2 Construction Active Travel Infrastructure Funding (ATIF) from Transport Scotland to support the next phase of construction on the Active Travel Corridor - Lauder to Oxton. Scheduled to start this week,

Network Rail will begin the first stage of electrification on the Borders Railway later this week.

Scottish Borders Council is to hold a public engagement session to share plans for the proposed refurbishment of Deanfield Care Home in Hawick. The drop‑in event will take place at Deanfield on Friday 27 February, 4–6pm, giving residents, families and the wider community the opportunity to v

SME housebuilder Whiteburn has secured planning consent for 110 new homes at Allanbank, Lauder, in the Scottish Borders.

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) and McTaggart Construction have unveiled early plans to deliver social homes on a former mill site in Selkirk. The old Heather Mills is located on the southern edge of Selkirk and is bounded by South Bridge Street to the south-west, Whinfield Road to

Scottish Borders Council has secured major funding to carry out the full repair of Haughhead Bridge, paving the way for all including horses and riders to return to the route in 2026. The bridge acts as an important active travel link for people walking, wheeling and cycling in the local area, and i

Efforts to regenerate nine towns in the south of Scotland have taken a major step forward with the publication of proposals developed by volunteer-led teams.

Scottish Borders Council is being asked to consider a report that provides an update on progress with its Care Village programme which covers developments in Tweedbank and Hawick.