The way we are engaging with our residents is changing - and we want you to have your say Placemaking is a process of community engagement where the opinions and desires of the community are used to inform the future of the places we live, work and play - and by getting involved and telling us what matters to you, we can make sure the voices of all Scottish Borders residents are heard. Sign up to receive updates from Scottish Borders Council on community engagement events in your...
Closes 24 February 2026
Peebles Parking Group consists of local elected Councillors, representatives of Peebles Community Council, Peebles Traders Association and Council Roads Officers. In the East Station (Edinburgh Road) car park visitors are presently charged to park on a Saturday only and Kingsmeadows car...
Closes 15 October 2023
The Scottish Borders Health and Social Care Partnership is currently reviewing the social opportunities that are available to adults with a range of complex needs. Engagement recently carried out by the Partnership in Teviot and Liddesdale showed that there are many social opportunities...
Closes 29 October 2023
The Transport (Scotland) Act 2019 has outlined some major changes to the way Scotland’s transport network will operate going forward including some new responsibilities that local authorities will assume. Under these new regulations, parking on all pavements/footways will be prohibited...
Closes 5 November 2023
This form should be completed for pupils currently receiving instrumental instruction Only one pupil per form please. The information provided within this form will be held by Scottish Borders Council for the purpose described. It will be retained for duration of your child's music...
Closes 31 May 2024
After consultation with your Music Instructor this form should be completed for pupils wishing to start instrumental instruction Only one pupil per form please. The information provided within this form will be held by Scottish Borders Council for the purpose described. It will be...
Closes 30 June 2024
Linking to the 2023 UCI Cycling World Championships that are due to take place in the Scottish Borders and throughout Scotland in August, we are asking communities and members of the public to tell us where new shared access routes should be developed in the Scottish Borders and which routes should...
Closed 2 October 2023
Under the Local Festival Grant Scheme, Scottish Borders Council provides £85.1k in grants to support public protection and insurance costs for 29 local festivals annually. The arrangements of the Scheme have been in place since 2005. In June 2023, SBC’s Executive Committee agreed...
Closed 20 September 2023
Scottish Borders Council currently provides £85,110.28 to support public protection and insurance costs for 29 local festivals. The arrangements of the Scheme have been in place since 2005. In June 2023, SBC’s Executive Committee agreed to undertake a review of Local Festival...
Closed 20 September 2023
Scottish Borders Licensing Board manages the applications for licences to sell alcohol in the Scottish Borders all in accordance with the provisions as set out in the Licensing (Scotland) Act 2005. In order to do so the Board requires to have in place a Statement of Licensing Policy. The Board’s...
Closed 17 September 2023
As agreed in the Delivery Plan of the South of Scotland’s Regional Economic Strategy (RES), all key agencies in the region are coming together in 2023 to develop and agree a single Responsible Tourism Strategy for the South of Scotland, with a clear Action Plan for successful delivery. ...
Closed 15 September 2023
Here are some of the issues we have consulted on and their outcomes. See all outcomes
What are your priorities for the new Scottish Borders Community Plan?
We are finalisng the new Community Plan which will be published here shortly.
West Linton Village Centre Trust have applied, through Part 5 of the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015, for a ten year lease of the Village Centre.
We asked what you thought of their proposal.
Nine people responded to us either using the online consultation form or by email.
A copy of the comments received is available on the SBC website.
Your comments will be considered by the Asset Transfer Officer Group when deciding whether to agree or decline the request. The deadline for making this decision is 21 March 2023.
We asked for your comments on what we might be missing from the Council's Common Good register.
You gave us some useful information about the history of some of our local land and collections, some of which had not been considered by the Council before.
We took your comments and investigated those areas of land and pieces of art or collections to ascertain whether they should properly be categorised as Common Good. We then discussed those findings with each Common Good Fund Sub-Committee and prepared final registers for each town. Following Council approval, these registers will be published on the Council’s website where they can be viewed.