5 Princes Street Innerleithen Scottish Borders EH44 6JT Data via plota.co.uk

26/01134/FUL - Full Application Approved

Proposal

Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 3 Oct 2026, 04:36

Application progress

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Received

30 Jul 2026

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Approved

21 Aug 2026

Approved on 21 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision (Part 3's) · Last checked 28 Aug 2026

Documents 14

Site constraints 4

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Special area of conservation about 51 m away: River Tweed

Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.

Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.

Also on the record

5 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Conservation area about 60 m away: Innerleithen.

Not affected

No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council: Scottish Borders
Application type: Full Application
Postcode: EH44 6JT
Received: 30 Jul 2026
Validated: 30 Jul 2026
Ward: Tweeddale East
Parish: Innerleithen & District C.C
Case officer: Show
Decision: Approved - conditions and informatives
Decision date: 21 Aug 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision (Part 3's)
Applicant: Show
Agent: True North Designs

How this decision compares

Decided in 22 days from validation, 26 days faster than Scottish Borders's median of 48 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.

This one22d

Council48d

UK55d

68%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

352decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Scottish Borders in the last twelve months, from validation. Scottish Borders decision record →