Fife Council

Lesley Laird A recent decision by a Scottish Government Reporter to allow 295 houses on a greenfield site in Inverkeithing has questioned the robustness of the current Scottish planning system, according to Cllr Lesley Laird, Fife Council’s depute leader and spokesperson for economy and planning.

Plans to build 49 affordable homes in Cupar have been postponed until at least 2017. The proposal by Thomson Homes in conjunction with Fife Council was planned for parkland adjacent to Tarvit Ponds.

Animal welfare specialists in Dunfermline would receive a major financial boost if a new housing project on a former wildlife rescue centre is given the go-ahead, according to developers behind the plans. CALA Homes said the Scottish SPCA, which retains its headquarters in the Fife town, would be on

Lesley Laird A Fife Council-led survey has revealed wide-spread support for an overhaul of the Scottish planning system to aid development planning and future housing delivery among local people, communities and businesses.

Following extensive consultation with the local community, Fife Council and Kingdom Housing Association are delighted to confirm the first planning application has been submitted by 7N Architects for the Fraser Avenue/Gray Place regeneration project in Inverkeithing on 13th November. The application

Pictured (l-r): Cllr Fay Sinclair, Cllr Brian Goodall, Cllr Helen Law (Chair of the City of Dunfermline Area Committee), John Mills (Fife Council’s Head of Housing), Cllr Judy Hamilton (Executive Spokesperson for Housing & Building Services), Stephen Cairns (Kingdom Housing Groups Head of Hous

Sandy Adam A housebuilder has registered its dissatisfaction with the planning service at Fife Council following the rejection of a housing development in Dalgety Bay.

Preliminary plans have been unveiled to expand a Fife village by 900 new homes. I&H Brown wants to build the major housing development to the south-west of Kelty and east of the M90.

(from left) Stewart Shearer (managing director of Robertson Partnership Homes), Cllr Judy Hamilton (executive spokesperson for housing & building services) and Cllr David Ross (council leader) Hot on the heels of building work beginning on 101 new homes in Methil, the affordable housing programm

Pam Ewen Fife Council has appointed Pam Ewen as the local authority’s new senior manager for planning.

Cllrs Ross & Hamilton on site with ward members Cllrs John O'Brien & Jim Young, Stewart Shearer (director of Robertson Partnership Homes) and project officers Work has started on Fife Council’s latest housing development of 101 new affordable homes in Methil.

(from left to right) Annabelle Ewing MSP, minister for youth and women’s employment; Joanne Aitken, senior development worker; Lynne Dunn, co-ordinator, Fife Works Project and Bill Banks, chief executive, Kingdom Housing Association Annabelle Ewing, minister for youth & women’s employment, v

(from left) Bill Banks (chief exec Kingdom Housing), Sir Peter Erskine (Rural Property & Business Association), Cllr Judy Hamilton (front), Carole Miller (Scottish Association of Landlords) and Tom Allan (chairperson FFOTRA) Fife Housing Partnership (FHP) members have signed a new agreement whic

Fife Council is giving the public the chance to view plans for proposed affordable housing developments in Methil and Leven. The Methil proposal is for 26 affordable homes to be built at the former council depot in Keir Hardie Street with a mix of wheelchair bungalows and two storey houses. The deve

Andrew Burns Business leaders throughout Edinburgh and the South East of Scotland are being urged to pledge their support for a proposal designed to accelerate growth in the region.