Scottish Borders

Fresh plans have been shared with the local community aimed at taking forward the Mountain Bike Innovation Centre project at the Caerlee Mill site in Innerleithen. The revised proposals will see the removal of the main building on the Caerlee Mill site - with a demolition application due to be submi

Details of 20 potential projects across the region seeking funding from the UK Government’s £20 million Levelling Up Partnership with Scottish Borders Council have been revealed. The funding programme was originally confirmed in January 2024 by the previous UK Government, however the new

Peebles Community Trust is to take ownership of the iconic C-listed Old Station Building following the approval of an asset transfer request by Scottish Borders Council. The Trust will aim to raise funds which will be used for the restoration of the historic building, the last surviving building of

Two organisations from the Scottish Borders have recently been successful in securing funding from the UK Government Shared Prosperity Fund.   The fund, which forms part of the UK Government’s Levelling Up agenda, aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK by i

An official opening has taken place to mark the completion of the brand-new Jedburgh pump track & skate park.

Short break provider Center Parcs is developing proposals to create its first holiday village in Scotland. The site chosen for the village is in the Scottish Borders, approximately three miles north of Hawick and 55 miles south of Edinburgh.

Cruden Group has announced plans to deliver 184 new homes across three new sites in Glasgow and the Scottish Borders. The ambitious plans, which include 128 affordable homes and 56 homes for private sale, come hot on the heels of Cruden starting work on a further 218 new affordable homes across

Deputy first minister Kate Forbes has confirmed £10 million in funding from the Scottish Government through the Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal for the ambitious Destination Tweed programme. Whilst the overall programme is made up of 13 projects, the £10m from the Borderlands Inclusive

The ambitious restoration of an 18th-century stately home in Selkirk bequeathed for the benefit of the community by its former owner, Andrew Nimmo-Smith, is one step closer to completion, following a £600,000 funding boost from responsible finance provider Social Investment Scotland (SIS). The

The brand-new Weensland footbridge in Hawick has officially opened to the public creating a new connection across the Teviot at the east of the town.

Melrose-based Tweedmount Homes has submitted a planning application to Scottish Borders Council to construct fourteen new homes at Southcroft, on land south of Earlston High School.

Revised proposals for a holiday lodge development have been submitted to Scottish Borders Council. Rutherford Park, located between Carlops and West Linton, is situated on the former Rutherford Castle Estate, and development is being progressed by landowner Sandy Lane Resort Rutherford Ltd.

Scottish Water has completed work on a £2.3 million solar power and battery energy storage scheme which is set to save around 169 tonnes of carbon annually.

A formal community consultation event is to take place in August regarding plans for a new high school in Hawick.

Renewable energy generator Fred. Olsen Renewables is progressing with the construction of Crystal Rig IV, an 11-turbine wind farm in Scotland.