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Landscape guidance

We have produced a number of guides to assist those looking for landscape guidance.

  • Guidance on submitting a landscape plan
  • Standard landscape designs
    • Tall screen hedge planting
    • Shrub and small tree planting
    • Hedge detail
    • Low boundary hedge
    • Screen hedge and double palisade fence
    • Palisade fence with climbers
    • Prepared rootball tree
    • Shrub planting
    • No-dig bark footpath

Development Management

Processing of planning applications, and advice on the need for planning permission

Address: Council Headquarters
Newtown St. Boswells
Melrose
TD6 0SA

Telephone: 0300 100 1800

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Planning applications

  • Appeal a planning decision
  • Applications affecting the historic environment
  • Comment on or object to a planning application
  • Landscape guidance
  • Major developments
  • Planning application decisions
  • Planning enforcement
  • Submitting a planning application
  • Viewing a planning application
  • What needs planning permission
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