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Guide Price£220,000

Bonnington Road, Peebles

Land size: 0.26 acres

Description

A charming residential plot with planning permission in place for the erection of a four-bedroom detached contemporary dwelling house.

Please refer to the Scottish Borders Planning Portal using reference 22/01785/AMC for full details on the granted planning permission.

By means of services the planning approval notes that a water supply and foul drainage provision will be by means of the public network supplied by Scottish Water.

The entire plot comprises circa 0.259 of an acres on the sought after Bonnington Road, one of the Royal Burgh of Peebles’s most desirable residential streets.

Peebles is a hugely popular market town with a population of around 9000. Amenities within Peebles include the Eastgate Theatre and Arts Centre, a swimming pool, the Gytes Leisure Centre, independent retailers, popular restaurants as well as national supermarkets and shops. The town also benefits from a health centre, dentists, bank and vets as well as well-regarded primary and secondary schools with a recently rebuilt Campus (circa 2025.)

For those with an interest in country pursuits fishing, hill walking, mountain biking (Glentress Forest), horse riding and golfing are all on the doorstep. Peebles is also well-known for hosting festivals throughout the course of the year including the week-long Beltane Festival, the Tweedlove Bike Festival, Peebles Arts Festival, Agricultural Festival and the Rugby Sevens.

Peebles is ideally placed for those looking to live in a semi-rural location whilst being within a commutable distance of Edinburgh city centre, which is just a 24-mile drive away, and a frequent bus service provides access to the Capital as well as other local towns. The A703 provides easy access to the Edinburgh City Bypass.

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Council Tax Band: TBC
Date Posted: 2026-05-03

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking: Parking Available
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

4K streaming on every screen
Full-time home working
Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

Priorsford Primary School628 metres
Pupils
388
Type
Non-denominational
Kingsland Primary School0.9 miles
Pupils
332
Type
Non-denominational
Halyrude Primary School1 mile
Pupils
83
Type
Roman Catholic
St Ronan's Primary School5.5 miles
Pupils
212
Type
Non-denominational
Walkerburn Primary School6.8 miles
Pupils
32
Type
Non-denominational

Secondary

Peebles High School106 metres
Pupils
1,342
Type
Non-denominational
Penicuik High School13 miles
Pupils
640
Type
Non-denominational
Biggar High School13 miles
Pupils
637
Type
Non-denominational
Beeslack Community High School14 miles
Pupils
751
Type
Non-denominational
Galashiels Academy15 miles
Pupils
874
Type
Non-denominational

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

M&S Peebles BP, Peebles836 metres

Sainsburys Peebles, Peebles967 metres

Tesco Peebles Superstore, Peebles0.8 miles

GP surgery

The Neidpath Practice909 metres

Pharmacy

Web Pharmacy Ltd794 metres

Green space

Playing Field192 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Stow Rail Station13 miles

Nearest bus stop

Bonnington Road94 metres

Typical drive times

Biggar27 min · 18 miles

Peebles3 min · 0.7 miles

Penicuik25 min · 14 miles

Innerleithen14 min · 7.1 miles

Edinburgh (city)47 min · 23 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From SEPA flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

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Ground risks (included in the full report)

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Rettie, Melrose

1 Abbey Street, Melrose, TD6 9PX

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