Structure Plan
The Scottish Borders Structure Plan 2001-2011 was approved in 2002.
The Scottish Borders Woodland Strategy was prepared as an Alteration to the approved Structure Plan and now forms part of it. This strategy sets out policies and proposals for the future of trees, woodlands and forests in the Scottish Borders.
The Scottish Borders Structure Plan 2001-2011 is available to download by chapter in PDF format:
- publicity and consultation report
- appendices
- chapter 1 - aim of the plan and key elements
- chapter 2 - policies on the environment
- chapter 3 - policies on economic development
- chapter 4 - policies on housing
- chapter 5 - policies on community services
- chapter 6 - policies on infrastructure
- chapter 7 - proposals for implementation and monitoring
- key diagram - contains the Structure Plan Key Diagram - the visual representation of the development strategy.
The Structure Plan approved in 2002 has gone through an alteration mainly focused on housing issues. The alteration was approved by Scottish Ministers in June 2009 and a document consolidating the approved Structure Plan from 2002, the Woodland Strategy and the Structure Plan Alteration from 2009 is available here.








