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Approved planning guidance

We have produced planning guidance that contains policies that complement the Development Plan. 

Planning guidance gives further guidance on specific policy topics.

  • Affordable housing
  • Biodiversity
  • Central Borders Business Park SPG and SPZ
  • Conservation Area Appraisal & Management Plan
  • Contaminated land inspection strategy
  • Countryside around towns
  • Designing out crime in the Scottish Borders
  • Development contributions
  • Green space
  • Housing Supplementary Guidance
  • Landscape and development
  • Landscape and Visual Guidance for Single and Groups of 2 or 3 Wind Turbines in Berwickshire
  • Local biodiversity action plan
  • Local Landscape Designations
  • New housing in the Borders countryside
  • Placemaking and design
  • Privacy and sunlight guide
  • Renewable Energy Supplementary Planning Guidance
  • Replacement windows and doors
  • Scottish Borders Woodland Strategy
  • Shop fronts and shop signage
  • Smoking shelters and awnings
  • Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems
  • Town Centre Core Activity Area Pilot Scheme
  • Trees and development
  • Tweedbank – Vision for Growth and Sustainability
  • Use of timber in sustainable construction
  • Visibility mapping for windfarm development
  • Waste Management SPG
  • Woodland creation advice note
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