Scottish Borders Council

Bins, council tax and planning, and what the council covers

Scottish Borders Council is the one council for Scottish Borders: it runs bins, council tax and planning, and schools, roads and social care. ONS places 4,530 postcodes in use in Scottish Borders, in 25 postcode districts across 4 postcode areas.

76% of homes and businesses in Scottish Borders can get gigabit broadband, Ofcom says.

Its own pages listed
20
Postcodes in use
4,530
Postcode districts
25
Towns and villages
19

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. See all our data sources

Its website

Scottish Borders Council

scotborders.gov.uk

Name and website as GOV.UK gives them.

Do it on Scottish Borders Council's own website

Each link goes straight to the page on the council's own website for that task. We opened every one on 14 October 2026.

Bins and recycling

Council tax

Planning and building

Housing

Roads and parking

Report a problem

Schools

Care, support and libraries

Councillors, voting and complaints

The pages are the ones GOV.UK lists for Scottish Borders Council. If one has moved since, tell us.

What broadband can you get in Scottish Borders?

Across Scottish Borders, 76% of homes and businesses can get gigabit broadband and 76% full fibre, Ofcom says.

Full fibre76% can get it
Gigabit (1,000 Mbit/s)76% can get it
Superfast (30 Mbit/s or more)98% can get it
Cannot get decent broadband (10 Mbit/s)Under 1%

For one street, look up its postcode: each postcode page has its own figures. A provider's checker answers for one address.

Source: Ofcom, Connected Nations, Spring 2026, data for January 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

How much is council tax in Scottish Borders?

Band D for 2026‑27: £1,619 a year

Every other band is a fixed share of Band D, set in law. Band A is two thirds of it; band H is nearly two and a half times it.

BandA year
Band A£1,079
Band B£1,259
Band C£1,439
Band D£1,619
Band E£2,127
Band F£2,630
Band G£3,170
Band H£3,965

Band D is the average across the area, so a home's own bill can be a little different. Bands other than D are worked out by us from Band D and rounded to the pound. The figures do not include water and sewerage charges. A home's bill also takes off any discount, such as 25% for one adult living alone.

Check one home's band with the Scottish Assessors

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27, published 31 March 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0. How we use it

Postcode districts with postcodes in Scottish Borders

Counted from the ONS Postcode Directory. A postcode district is drawn for sorting post, so many cross a council's edge.

Its postcode areas

DG postcode area: Dumfries, postcodes in use here:1 of 6,912EH postcode area: Edinburgh, postcodes in use here:608 of 25,448ML postcode area: Motherwell, postcodes in use here:30 of 9,884TD postcode area: Galashiels, postcodes in use here:3,891 of 4,538

Beside each area: how many of its postcodes in use are in Scottish Borders.

Towns and villages

HawickGalashielsPeeblesKelsoSelkirkJedburghMelroseEyemouthDunsNewtown St BoswellsInnerleithenColdstreamEarlstonLangleeBurnfootSt BoswellsLauderChirnsideWest Linton

Is an address in Scottish Borders?

A council's edge does not follow postcodes exactly. Check the postcode.

All councils, A to Z

What Scottish Borders covers: Office for National Statistics (ONS) Postcode Directory, August 2026, loaded 20 October 2026. Its name, website and own pages: GOV.UK, Local authority services, downloaded 14 October 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0; every link opened on 14 October 2026. See all our data sources

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