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This book series presents the latest scholarly work on Scotland’s land issues – past, present and future. Predominantly focusing on the history of Scotland’s economic, political, social and cultural relationships to land, landscape, country houses and landed estates, it also brings in cutting edge, interdisciplinary approaches to explore new methodologies and perspectives around this contentious but stimulating issue.

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Town and Country Planning in the Scottish Borders, 1946-1996
  • From Planning Backwater to the Centre of the Maelstrom
  • Douglas G. Hope
  • Published by:
    Edinburgh University Press
    Published online:
    11 March 2025
    Print publication:
    30 August 2023
  • The Scottish Borders comprises the historic counties of Peeblesshire, Selkirkshire, Roxburghshire and Berwickshire, traditionally an area synonymous with woven cloth (tweed), knitwear and agriculture. It is also an area that suffered from rural de-population during the first half of the twentieth century. Against the background of social, economic and political change in the twentieth century, the book provides a detailed account of continuity and change in the practice of town and country planning in the Scottish Borders from the 1940s to the re-organisation of local government in 1996. It shows how town and country planning emerged from being a fringe activity in Borders local government to become a beacon for rural regeneration at the forefront of rural development policy. This book will be an essential read for all those interested in the history of town and country planning in Scotland and for those who love the Scottish Borders.