Introduction; 1. Town and Country Planning Becomes Established; Introduction; Origins of Town and Country Planning; Regional Plan for Central and South-East Scotland 1948; Town and Country Planning emerges in the Scottish Borders; Implementing the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947; Staffing; Preparation of county development plans; Development control; Conclusions; 2. The First Country Development Plans; Introduction; The Main Themes of the Development Plans; Roads and transportation; Maintaining a stable population; Housing provision; Industrial development ; The Countryside; Updating the Development Plans; Conclusions; 3. Planning and Developing are Inexorably Linked; Introduction; The Central Borders Study: a Plan for Expansion 1968; Closure of the Waverley Route; The Tweedbank Development; Reaction to the Central Borders Plan; Economic Development; Conclusions; 4. Planning in the Scottish Borders Broadens Its Horizons; Introduction; Staffing; Technical Working Parties; Conservation of the Built Environment; Rural Development; The Countryside; Conclusions; 5. 1975: A Borders Region At Last!; Introduction; Preparing for Regionalisation; The Borders Region 1975; The Department of Physical Planning commences work; The Regional Report 1976; A New Development Control System; The Action Plan for Development; Conclusions; 6. Development Planning Takes Shape; Introduction; The First Structure and Local Plans; Development Plan Policies and Proposals; Housing policy; Economic development; Traffic and transport; Built environment; Countryside policy; Tourism and recreation; Implementation; Conclusions; 7. The 1980s, Challenges and Achievements; Introduction; Changes in Departmental Structure; Economic Development; Environmental Improvements and Projects; The Countryside; Countryside Recreation Facilities; Development Control; Conclusions; 8.

The 1990s, A Time of Uncertainty; Introduction; The Regional Economy; The Borders Region Structure Plan 1991; Population and housing; Economic development; Roads and transportation; Urban environment; Rural development; Forestry; Mineral working; Rural heritage; Conclusions; 9. Preparing for the Twenty-First Century; Introduction; Housing Policy; Economic Development; Built Environment; The Rural Environment; Countryside Recreation; Sustainable Development; Conclusions; Epilogue; County Planning in the Scottish Borders; Regional Planning in action; Challenges to come after 1996; Last words.