Scottish Borders

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.

Developer Whiteburn Projects’ regeneration of the former March Street Mill in Peebles is underway with a programme of pre-construction demolition works.

Eildon Housing Association hosted an open day on Friday 7 June to showcase its latest development built on the site of the former High School in Earlston. The new development of 64 high quality, sustainable and affordable homes, is a mix of family homes, lower and upper colony and cottage flats.

Scottish Borders Council has highlighted the "excellent" progress being made in the construction of a state-of-the-art new school facility for Peebles.

Construction of the new Galashiels Academy building is progressing well and the project remains on track to be completed and open to students by the Autumn of 2025. Following the conclusion of the planning, design and procurement stages, construction began on the project in July 2023 to create a mod

Fred Olsen Renewables has submitted proposals to the Scottish Government for permission to develop its first hybrid project in Scotland.

Work has officially commenced on Scottish Borders Housing Association’s latest development in Newtown St Boswells. SBHA’s chief operating officer Maria Lyle, director of development Emma Garry and chair of the board of management Robin Hill were joined on-site by for the official start o

An online consultation has opened to establish views relating to the existing active travel links within the Tweedbank, Easter Langlee and Melrose Gait vicinity. It seeks to collect public opinion from residents of the surrounding areas and users of the existing routes as to what potential improveme

Scottish Borders Housing Association (SBHA) has joined forces with Cruden Homes to bring 70 new affordable homes to the former site of Howdenburn Primary School in Jedburgh, the largest new project that the association has carried out to date.