Fife Council

Changes to how people heat and power their homes have been set out as part of a new climate action plan for Fife.

With the listing of the former Madras College site in St Andrews for sale, Fife Council has produced a guidance document for developers which recommends that the site be used for housing. The document also recommends that the site should contain a care home and student accommodation.

Campion Homes has been granted permission to build 29 new homes in Star of Markinch. Concerns had been raised about the Fife village's infrastructure, including its primary school, roads and pavements, and its inability to cope with an influx of people.

Persimmon Homes has been granted permission to build 158 homes in Wormet, Fife.

Kirkcaldy councillors are set to consider moves to increase town centre residential opportunities as part of a new economic action plan for the Mid-Fife area. Members will be asked to provide their views on the draft action plan that covers the Kirkcaldy, Cowdenbeath, Glenrothes and Levenmouth areas

The Scottish Government has overruled Fife Council and granted permission for 200 homes to be built between Crossford and Cairneyhill.

Fife Council has given a boost to proposals for a large housing development planned for Lochgelly as developers Omnivale Limited were told that a separate environmental impact assessment (EIA) is not necessary.

AEL Developments will share its plans to build a major housing development on the outskirts of East Wemyss at a drop-in exhibition on January 28.

Scottish social landlords are facing calls for the removal of a potentially dangerous type of cladding from high-rise buildings after a government test which approved the use of the material in some circumstances was labelled "fundamentally flawed". Falkirk Council, Dundee City Council, Fife Council

A masterplan to deliver around 1,200 homes, a primary school, and retail units in Kirkcaldy has been approved by councillors.

Two energy networks which heat homes in Dundee and Fife have been handed top awards by Scotland’s renewable energy industry. All award winners. Image credit: Blue Sky Photography

The occupiers of flats situated above the soon to be demolished Glenwood Centre building in Glenrothes will be found new homes after a new plan was agreed by Fife Council.

Fife Council’s planners were celebrating last week after winning two awards in the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2019 (SAQP 2019). Martin McGroarty, FC lead professional (Minerals), Mary Stewart, FC service manager (Planning), Mary McLean, FC legal team manager, Kevin Stewart, MSP, J

Fife Council hosted the 13th House Builders' Forum last week in Lochgelly.

Investment proposals that would see 3,381 new affordable houses built in Fife before 2025 were discussed by Fife councillors yesterday.