Scottish Borders Councillors
Councillor Nicholas Watson
Ward:
Leaderdale and Melrose 3 (16)
Address:
Upper Faldonside, Melrose,
TD6 9BG.
Telephone (home):01896 752751
Telephone (work):Fax:
Mobile:
Chairmanships:
None.
Memberships:
Scrutiny, Planning and Building Standards, Eildon Area Committee.
Other Public Service:
Ormiston Institute/Corn Exchange Management Committee - Melrose, Trimontium Trust, Lauder Common Good Fund Working Group.
Biography:
Nicholas arrived in the Borders by train and just remembers riding his tricycle down Melrose station platform in the snow.A graduate in Industrial Design Engineering, Nicholas set aside his career as a clockmaker to run Save Scott's Countryside, the campaign which saw off plans for a "new settlement" on the former Abbotsford Estate: he is now determined to point out the difference between development which brings benefits to the Borders and development which is damaging.Leader of the Borders Party, Nicholas joined the Council in 2007. He is married, with three children, and lives near Melrose.
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