Source: Scottish Borders Council·Updated daily·Last checked 8 Oct 2026
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Plota holds 1,128 current planning applications from Scottish Borders Council, received since 18 Aug 2025, 279 of them in the last 90 days. Behind them, the Plota archive holds 14,509 earlier applications from Scottish Borders Council, 2016 to 2025, searchable by location and keyword. Current records are collected from the council's public register at eplanning.scotborders.gov.uk and checked every day; the last check was on 8 Oct 2026. Each record carries the council's reference, address, proposal, dates, status and decision, with a map location and Plota's classification by type and procedure added. The council's own record is the authoritative version; every entry here links to it.
Latest application from Scottish Borders: 6 Oct 2026. We check the council's portal daily.