Category: Housing

Update on Draft Housing Supplementary Guidance (SG)

The Scottish Borders Local Development Plan (LDP) was adopted in May 2016.  However, the Reporters from the Directorate for Planning and Environmental Appeals, who carried out the examination of the LDP concluded that there was a shortfall in housing land and that the Council should prepare and submit to Scottish Ministers, within 12 months of adoption of the LDP, Supplementary Guidance (SG) identifying additional sites to provide for a further 916 housing units. Following the production of a Draft Housing SG in December 2016, which has been the subject of public consultation, the Council has now approved the Supplementary Guidance on Housing for submission to the Scottish Ministers.

The Housing SG, approved by Scottish Borders Council on 24 August 2017, proposes the inclusion of the following sites, comprising 926 housing units, within the adopted LDP:

Berwickshire Housing Market Area

  • Land north of High Street, Ayton (6 units)
  • Hillview North (Phase 1), Coldstream (100 units)
  • Reston Long Term 2, Reston (38 units)

Central Housing Market Area

  • Lintburn Street, Galashiels (8 units)
  • Rose Court, Galashiels (12 units)
  • Former Castle Warehouse Site, Galashiels (30 units)
  • Leishman Place, Hawick (5 units)
  • Henderson Road, Hawick (6 units)
  • Factory – Fairhurst Drive, Hawick (10 units)
  • Tweed Court, Kelso (15 units)
  • Nethershot (Phase 2), Kelso (100 units)
  • Former High School Site, Kelso (50 units)
  • The Orchard, Newstead (6 units)
  • Angles Field, Selkirk (30 units)
  • Heather Mill, Selkirk (75 units)
  • Lowood, Tweedbank (300 units)

Northern Housing Market area

  • Caerlee Mill, Innerleithen (35 units)
  • Rosetta Road Mixed Use, Peebles (30 units)
  • March Street Mill, Peebles (70 units)

Once the Supplementary Guidance has been agreed by the Scottish Ministers, it will form part of the adopted LDP 2016.