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  • Your Bus Matters - Denholm CANCELLED

    Come and tell us what your local bus service in Denholm means to you. We will be discussing the Service number 20 provided by Peter Hogg Buses and the possibility of funding for extra services. As of 16:00 on Monday 16th March 2020 this event has been cancelled. More
    Closed 17 March 2020

  • Pass It On Jedburgh Schools furniture project note of interest

    Update Thursday 20 March: The viewing morning at Jedburgh Primary (Howdenburn) has been moved back to Saturday 21 March from 9am to 12noon. The Jedburgh Grammar viewing morning for Jedburgh community groups will still take place on Saturday 21 March from 9am to 12noon. Due to the Coronavirus response, we are aiming to limit the number of people attending at one time so all respondents to the note of interest will be contacted via email on Thursday to pick a viewing slot... More
    Closed 19 March 2020

  • Scottish Borders Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan Consultation

    Community justice is a planned method of crime reduction that aims to address the underlying cause of offending behaviour. We want to hear your views on the new Community Justice Outcomes Improvement Plan that is being developed for the Scottish Borders. We last asked for your views and experiences in 2016, these helped us to write our plan for 2017 The aim of the new plan is to continue to support a reduction in the number of people reoffending following a previous conviction. ... More
    Closed 22 March 2020

  • COVID-19 Children of Key Workers

    As you will be aware the Deputy First Minister yesterday announced the details of the provision that will be provided during the period of school closures. Part of this provision is ensuring that the children of those key workers who are involved in the response to the Covid-19 emergency have childcare. Please complete the questionnaire below to enable us to plan our offering. We are currently seeking to offer provision for nursery and primary age children of key workers who do not... More
    Closed 23 March 2020

  • COVID-19 Key Worker parents of S1 and S2 pupils

    It has now been agreed that limited places in secondary schools will be available for S1-S2 pupils (aged 12-13 only) for parents who are key workers and feel they have absolutely no other option for childcare. If it is possible for a child to be at home, they should be, and it goes without saying that any child who is unwell should not attend school. We are undertaking this survey to assess the number of children this is likey to involve to allow us to plan accordingly. ... More
    Closed 23 March 2020

  • National Entitlement Card 2020

    The National Entitlement Card (NEC) is a national programme sponsored by the Scottish Government. It provides citizens with a single card which can have multiple uses. Within Scottish Borders, the National Entitlement Card is used for travel concessions, as a Library Card, for Young Scot Discounts, as a Proof of Age for young people and is essential for Cashless Catering in secondary school canteens. The card will also display the Young Scot, EURO<26 and PASS Hologram on it. Young... More
    Closed 24 April 2020

  • Sustainable Urban Drainage

    This Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) lays down good practice procedures for the design of a Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS), and gives reference to other documents where more detailed information can be obtained if desired. It expands current development plan policy and is primarily intended for any interested party seeking guidance on Scottish Borders Council’s requirements for the design of SUDS in the region. The SPG is intended to highlight that the disposal of... More
    Closed 27 April 2020

  • Future of Peebles High School

    We are currently looking for your views on the future of Peebles High School, which was severly damaged by a fire in November 2019. More
    Closed 30 April 2020

  • Tweedbank – Vision for Growth and Sustainability, A Community for the Future. Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance

    This Draft Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) sets out to guide and inform the future expansion of Tweedbank within the site of the former Lowood Estate. This SPG builds on and refines the Tweedbank Masterplan and Spatial Framework prepared for Scottish Borders Council by the architects Proctor and Matthews, agreed on 25 January 2019. This Draft SPG sets out the spatial framework for a residential led mixed use development of around 9 hectares of residential units and approximately... More
    Closed 15 May 2020

  • Home Learning Evaluation May 2020

    Dear Parent/Carer , Following my recent update to you all, Scottish Borders Council has now developed an online survey to help us understand how home learning has been working for you and your children at this difficult time. We are very keen to understand how you have found the experience, particularly in relation to how children are being supported and how work is being provided. This provides you with an opportunity to provide us with direct feedback on what has... More
    Closed 31 May 2020

  • School Holiday Childcare Requirements for Key Workers

    During the summer holiday period our childcare hubs will be offered in all nine of our secondary schools for children from P1 – S2. Our early years hubs will be delivered through our partner private providers. By completing this survey you will help us plan for the summer childcare provision. We know that your arrangements may change and your childcare arrangements won't be the same every week but please complete as much as you can. More
    Closed 21 June 2020

  • School Transport Survey

    We are asking parents and carers whose children normally use school transport to complete this short survey so we can explore various options for school transport arrangements for when schools reopen in August. Almost 3,000 pupils normally travel on school transport every day, however there are significant challenges for us in transporting pupils from August, when it is likely that social distancing requirements will need to be met. Based on the current two metre... More
    Closed 28 June 2020

  • Spaces for People suggestions

    Scottish Borders Council is seeking the input of Borderers to identify potential schemes to put temporary infrastructure in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. Spaces for People is a new, temporary infrastructure programme in Scotland which offers funding and support to make it safer for people who choose to walk, cycle or wheel for essential trips and exercise during Covid-19. The Spaces for People programme is funded by the Scottish Government and managed by Sustrans Scotland. It... More
    Closed 8 July 2020

  • Transport booking arrangements

    Our online transport booking form is currently unavailable. Please make bookings by phone or email. Our demand response transport line can be reached on 01835 826 753 Monday – Friday between 08.45am and 4pm or you can email transport requests to PLACEtransport@scotborders.gov.uk Please ensure that all phone and email bookings are made by 4pm Monday – Friday for travel the following day. For travel required on Saturday, Sunday and Monday we must receive your booking... More
    Closed 9 August 2020

  • CAMHS patient/carer survey

    The CAMHs team would welcome your feedback to support the service moving forward in delivering care and treatment to Children & Young People and their families w ithin the Scottish Borders This short anonymous questionnaire will form one part of this process More
    Closed 16 August 2020

  • Feedback on online Council meetings

    Scottish Borders Council is keen to understand the public and media's experience of viewing live broadcasts of online Council meetings following their introduction during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. More
    Closed 31 August 2020

  • Changes to Social Care Charges - Easy Read

    Scottish Borders Council are looking at changing some care and support charges. We would like to know what you think about the changes. You can print the easy read consultation to fill in. There is a freepost address for you to send it to us. This means you won't need a stamp. More
    Closed 27 September 2020

  • Scottish Borders Council Non-Residential Charging Policy for 2021 - 2022

    The Social Care Charging Policy explains how the Scottish Borders Council (SBC) works out what people should pay towards the cost of their council-funded care and support, based on their ability to pay. People can either use their benefits to arrange and pay for their care and support privately or they can use them to pay for care and support arranged for them by the Council. Why is the Policy Changing? SBC wants to continue to help people to live at home as... More
    Closed 27 September 2020

  • Alcohol Byelaws 2020

    During 2019 the Council carried out a consultation asking whether people felt that the consumption of alcohol in public places was causing a problem. A total of 491 consultation responses were received. 44% of those who took part did not think that the consumption of alcohol in a public place was causing a problem. 36% thought it was and 20% were unsure. At a meeting on 31 October 2019, Councillors considered the responses in detail. As a result, Scottish Borders... More
    Closed 1 November 2020

  • Hawick Flood Protection Active Travel Network: Travel Choices Survey

    Thank you for your interest in the Hawick Flood Protection Travel Choices Survey. This survey is collecting data as part of the Places for Everyone Hawick Active Travel Network Project for the purposes of understanding the barriers to certain travel modes and to help inform behaviour change interventions. Public feedback will be continually reviewed and assessed throughout the Project, giving way to future public consultations, community vision working groups, and surveys, such as the one... More
    Closed 30 November 2020

  • Older Peoples' Experience of Covid19

    Borders Older Peoples Planning Partnership (BOPPP), one of the Health & Social Care Partnership engagement and planning groups, has proposed that older people should be engaged in a conversation to explore how they have experienced the Covid19 pandemic lockdown. The target group is people aged 60 and over. It is intended that this piece of work is completed as soon as practical in order to capture people’s experiences as close to the easing of lockdown as possible. The... More
    Closed 6 December 2020

  • Proposed donation of artwork to the National Galleries of Scotland

    Under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 the local authority is required to consult with the local community when it is planning to dispose of common good property. The proposed disposal is the donation of a painting thought to be owned by the Hawick Common Good. The painting is an oil portrait of the 1 st Earl of Minto by the artist George Chinnery . It is understood that the painting was donated to the town of Hawick in 1893 and that in ... More
    Closed 7 December 2020

  • Draft Scottish Borders Food Growing Strategy

    You can have your say on the final consultation on the Scottish Borders’ first Food Growing Strategy . Comments after welcomed on the draft strategy as part of the 12-week consultation, which runs until 8 December. An initial consultation took place last year, which saw 300 responses received from the public and community groups already growing their own fruit and vegetables, as well as those who do not but would like to give it a try. The feedback... More
    Closed 8 December 2020

  • Proposed allotment rules and regulations 2020

    Proposed allotments rules and regulations and conditions of let documents are available to view and comment upon. Further information on allotments across the Scottish Borders is available . Proposed allotments rules and regulations 2020 Allotments conditions of let More
    Closed 8 December 2020

  • Consultation on Lauder Common Woodland Scheme

    Under the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 the local authority is required to consult with the local community when it is planning to make changes to common good property. It is proposed that the Lauder Common Good removes from its existing lease to the Lauderhill Sheep Company, seven areas of land extending to 22.7 hectares in order to undertake a scheme of woodland planting. The Lauderhill Sheep Company is agreeable to this proposal, which leaves the company with... More
    Closed 10 January 2021

  • Proposed Scottish Borders Local Development Plan

    We have produced the Proposed Scottish Borders Local Development Plan (PLDP), which follows on from the Main Issues Report (MIR). The PLDP sets out land use allocations and planning policies for the Scottish Borders, for the next 10 years. The Plan is the Council’s settled position , having taken on board the comments received during the consultation on the MIR . The PLDP and background information are available on the Council’s website at: ... More
    Closed 25 January 2021

  • Scottish Borders Budget Challenge

    The annual Scottish Borders Council budget consultation is now open. This is your chance to play #yourpart and shape the Council’s financial plan for next year as well as its future priorities. This year the consultation, which is open for 12 weeks, focuses on some high-level issues facing the Council and the wider area. Borderers are being asked to allocate a limited number of points across these to provide insight on local priorities. The feedback will be used as... More
    Closed 31 January 2021

  • Licensing of Sexual Entertainment Venues

    What is happening? A change in the law on 26 April 2019 means that Councils can decide if the operators of Sexual Entertainment Venues (“SEVs”) should be required to apply to the Council for a licence. What is a Sexual Entertainment Venue? The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (“the Act”) defines a SEV as any premises at which sexual entertainment is provided before a live audience for (or with a view to) the financial gain of the organiser. The... More
    Closed 14 February 2021

  • Chiefswood Road Questionnaire

    As part of the Spaces for People survey the Council received a number of requests to improve pedestrian and cycle provision on Chiefswood Road as part of a public survey last year and is considering a trial one way downhill on Chiefswood Road from April to September 2021. Spaces for People is a fund that is being managed by Sustrans Scotland from the Scottish Government ‘ to implement temporary active travel measures, helping to ensure that people can walk, cycle and wheel during this... More
    Closed 28 March 2021

  • Updated Supplementary Planning Guidance – Planning Brief – Former Borders College Galashiels

    The 'Updated Supplementary Planning Guidance (SPG) - Planning Brief - Former Borders College Galashiels' will replace the previous Planning Brief adopted in 2009 for the site which is now out of date on a number of component parts. The updated SPG ensures reference to up to date policies and site requirements to be addressed which will help provide relevant guidance to enable the satisfactory development of the site. The updated SPG creates a development vision, addresses potential... More
    Closed 30 March 2021
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