Fife Council

Dalgety Bay firm Mackay & Stenhouse is seeking to back out of a requirement to provide affordable housing as part of its housing deal on the site of Forth House in Kirkcaldy. The firm obtained planning permission to build 32 flats and a semi-detached house on Abbotshall Road in August last

Quicker response times, improved evidence gathering and working directly with communities are amongst proposals made by Fife Council's Housing Services to tackle antisocial behaviour throughout the Kingdom. Recommendations have been made to invest an additional £320,000 to recruit additional s

Fife Council’s Housing Services, Building Services and Business Support teams were celebrating last week after being crowned ‘Housing Team of the Year’ at a special ‘virtual’ awards ceremony at this year's CIH Scotland Housing Awards.

Joanne Saurin, a housing professional with Fife Council, has won the 'outstanding individual' award at the Scottish Empty Homes Conference this week. The judges recognised Joanne for her "amazing work" with Fife Council which has included bringing 395 properties back in to use since taking up her po

Aberdeen City Council, an Inverness-based building company, a community housing project in Dumfries & Galloway and a Fife Council officer were the winners in the 10th Scottish Empty Homes awards sponsored by Fraser & Fraser Genealogists and International Probate Researchers.

Members of Fife Council's Environment and Protective Services subcommittee were given an update this week about work to manage and reduce the impact of flooding in areas at risk across Fife. Councillor Ross Vettraino, convener of the environment and protective services sub committee, said: &ldq

Fife councillors have rejected Springfield's plans to build 65 new homes in Strathkinness. Councillor Jane Ann Liston, who moved refusal of the plans at the recent North East Planning Committee meeting, said the properties would have been 'squashed' into two-thirds of an area previously earmarked fo

Fife Council intends to spend an additional £320,000 on tackling anti-social behaviour. The council's Community and Housing Services Sub-Committee will discuss planned changes to its antisocial behaviour policy on Thursday this week.

Fife Council has approved plans to build 60 new homes at Moray Park in Guardbridge. The development was approved by members of the North East Fife planning committee despite flood risk concerns from some locals about the site's proximity to the River Eden and a reservoir.

Landfill waste will heat the homes at a major Fife development as it becomes the biggest private project to secure connection to an innovative low-carbon network.

A £700 million programme that will boost economic prosperity across Tayside and north-east Fife was confirmed today with the formal signing of the Tay Cities Region Deal.

A Scottish Government reporter has overturned a decision by Fife Council to reject plans to build 125 homes in Aberdour. The local authority rejected a proposal by Hillside School’s to develop its site off Main Street after the Scottish Environment Protection Agen

Fife Council is launching its Stay (Warm) at Home campaign, which will run from November 27 until mid-February with a new theme every week, to raise awareness of the help and support available to households living in fuel poverty. The campaign also highlights some important dates in the fight t

Investment proposals that would see over 3,800 new affordable houses built in Fife before 2026 were discussed by Fife councillors yesterday. Fife Council's Strategic Housing Investment Programme (SHIP) will now be submitted to the Scottish Government in a bid for funding to help subsidise the total

Council tenants in Fife are to be consulted on rent increases for 2021/22 with councillors pledging that any rise will stay below inflation.