Fife Council

Plans to build 97 new affordable homes on the outskirts of Cowdenbeath have been given the green light by Fife Council.

The new care village in Methil is progressing well with completion anticipated later this year.

Members of Fife Council approved an updated Enforcement Charter endorsing the council's Planning Service approach to planning enforcement for the next two years. Planning legislation gives councils enforcement powers to deal with a range of unauthorised land use activities. These generally involve t

Keepmoat Homes has officially started work on site at Westwood Park, Glenrothes, which kicks off the eight-year building programme to deliver 420 homes to the area.

Fife Council has agreed a one-year rent increase of 2.5% for council houses from April 2022 – adding just £1.91 a week to the average rent cost. The same increase will apply to service charges, garages, lock-ups and temporary accommodation.

Fife councillors have approved a budget for 2022-23 which will see council tax will rise by 3% on Band D, to help avoid any cuts to services and allow additional one-off investment of £3.691 million in a range of areas. The council said its budget reinforces its commitment to investing in Fife

Councillors at the Community and Housing Services sub-committee welcomed and approved plans for three new council housing developments across Fife. The developments at New Flockhouse, Lochore, Fair Isle Road, Kirkcaldy and Bellyeoman Road, Dunfermline and will provide affordable homes for over 100 f

A Scottish Government reporter has rejected an appeal for 80 homes to be built on farmland located east of Kingseat.

Fife Council has congratulated its very own head of housing services, John Mills, after he scooped the Excellence in Leadership Award at this year’s Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Scotland Awards for excellence in housing. The Scotland Housing Awards recognise the creativity, passion and

Three blocks of properties in a Fife village are to be demolished. Members of Fife Council's south and west Fife area committee have given the go-ahead for the flats and maisonettes in Sir George Bruce Road, Oakley, to be torn down.

Work to build the world’s first 100% green hydrogen-to-homes demonstration network in Fife is now underway.

A regional prosperity framework (RPF) for the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region was yesterday endorsed by Fife Council. The RPF is the plan for building the economy of the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region, looking at a range of important issues, setting an app

Plans to build 1,200 new houses across Fife by 2024 have been agreed by councillors.

Up to £50 million will be given to councils and social landlords over the next five years to build housing infrastructure which will help deliver new homes across the country, the Scottish Government has announced. Grants from the Housing Infrastructure Fund will be used to build infrastructur

Fife Council has reaffirmed its commitment to challenge poverty across the region as part of this week’s national Challenge Poverty Week. The Scotland-wide campaign is designed to highlight that too many people continue to live with the constant pressure of living in poverty and that we must m