Scottish Borders

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Councillors will be recommended to select Galashiels as the home for the Great Tapestry of Scotland, over a year after the village of Tweedbank was selected to house the facility. In October last year, Scottish Borders Council (SBC) unanimously approved £6 million plans to build a permanent home fo

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Scottish Borders Council has unanimously backed proposals to build a grain and malt whisky plant, visitor centre and 200-seater restaurant near Jedburgh. The £40 million distillery plans being led by Mossburn Distillers, part of Dutch drinks firm Marussia Beverages BV, would see it build a grain an

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Plans to invest £163 million into building almost 1,200 affordable homes in the Scottish Borders have been approved by councillors. However, it came with a warning that the construction sector would have to be worked with closely in order to see the plans delivered.

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Plans have been unveiled to invest £163 million into building 'affordable' homes in the Scottish Borders. The new five-year Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) will be discussed at a Scottish Borders Council meeting on Tuesday, 29 November.

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New Build (Residential) winner The Wave, Kirkton Manor A new sports hall in Peebles and the conversion of a cottage in Gattonside were among the winners at this year’s Scottish Borders Design Awards.

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Scottish Borders Council has given the green light to plans for a £10 million project to build a whisky distillery and visitor centre on a former industrial site in Hawick. Submitted by Gray Macpherson Architects in March, the Three Stills Company venture on Commercial Road could create 20 jobs.

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A proposed updated planning document covering Edinburgh and South East Scotland is to be discussed during a public meeting next week. The SESplan (Strategic Development Planning Authority for Edinburgh and South East Scotland) aims to prepare and maintain an up-to-date Strategic Development Plan whi

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The contract to build Wilton Lodge Park’s new café and footbridge in Hawick has been awarded to ESH Border Construction. The firm, which operates throughout the Borders from its base in Galashiels, has previously been involved in Teviot Footbridge in Hawick and Laidlaw Court housing development i

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Work on the new £10 million Langlee Primary in the Scottish Borders began today with the help of two pupils. Alfie Millar and Faye Kennedy cut the first sods for the new school, which will be built by McLaughlin and Harvey and is expected to open in summer 2017.

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A planning application has been lodged by Gray Macpherson Architects for a £10 million distillery and visitor centre in Hawick. Glasgow based The Three Stills Company Ltd, which secured funding for the project back in November, plans to redevelop the former Turnbull & Scott (Engineers) premises

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Social Justice Secretary Alex Neil with Phil Caroe, Allia's director of social finance; Colin Connell, development director at Persimmons Partnerships; Jim Whiston, director of Ayrshire Housing Association, Nick Pollard, Kingdom Housing Association director of finance; Sandy Dennison, finance manage

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Construction work on the new Kelso High School is set to begin after financial close was reached on the £21.4 million project. Scottish Borders Council had hoped to begin construction of the facility last summer however it was one of a number of projects put on hold following a European ruling over

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NHS Borders has submitted plans to build a new medical centre on the site of a former ambulance depot in Galashiels. Designed by Aitken Turnbull Architects, the proposals will see the current Roxburgh Street building demolished and replaced with a new facility to accommodate GPs, health visitors and

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