Fife Council

Eleven new build Fife Council houses at Tantallon Avenue, Glenrothes are now complete with new tenants moving in. The development which is a mix of flats, terraced houses and a four and five-bedroomed houses and built by the council’s Building Services.

A grade B listed Town House in Lochgelly has received a makeover and stylish conversion into four flats by Fife Council Building Services. The work has involved sensitive restoration retaining and restoring many of the original features of the building.

Cllr Bill Brown Local communities will have the opportunity to map out the future of the Glenrothes West area alongside design experts following the award of a Scottish Government £20,000 grant.

Lochgelly has beat off stiff competition from Linwood, Gourock and Auchterarder to be named Scotland's Most Improved Town 2016. The Fife town scooped the title at the Scottish Urban Regeneration Forum (SURF) awards ceremony in Glasgow on Tuesday.

A St Andrews councillor has called for a ban on new homes in the town being sold as second homes after a council in England won a landmark court decision. A neighbourhood plan for St Ives in Cornwall’s – similar to a Local Development Plan in Scotland – will be the first in the UK to require n

Scottish Government reporters have published their recommendations on Fife’s local development strategy. Among the recommendations is a proposal to remove the site for the replacement Madras College at Pipeland in St Andrews; the site has been reinstated as green belt land with no development prop

David Ross Councillors have voiced concerns over the latest budget predictions that could mean a gap of £115 million for Fife Council over the next three years.

(from left) Linda Smith and her son Charlie, William Smith, Cllr. Judy Hamilton, Doreen Smith and Jacqui Sinclair, housing project officer outside William Smith’s new ground floor property Twenty-two Fife Council homes which form the final phase of homes for rent at Silverdykes are nearing complet

Plans have been submitted for a housing development between Dalgety Bay and Inverkeithing which was previously rejected by Fife Council. Taylor Wimpey has lodged a detailed planning application for 295 homes at Hillend Road at the Spencerfield site.

Around 60 delegates from across the house building industry came together for Fife’s 10th annual House Builders Forum last week to discuss a number of pertinent issues facing the sector. The event titled Breaking New Ground - Quality and Quantity was organised by Fife Council’s economy planning

Fife Council has revealed it will host the House Builders Forum at the Carnegie Conference Centre in Dunfermline tomorrow. The event provides an opportunity for local building contractors, development companies and those employed within related professional services to discuss various issues within

Work on reviewing the Fife Local Development Plan (LDP) has been further delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances”, the Scottish Government has announced. The Fife LDP sets out land use planning policies to guide where development should and should not go over the next 20 years.

Persimmon Homes is in talks over a potential project to deliver up to 200 new houses in Wormit. The firm is in discussions with Fife Council over the proposed development on the southern edge of the village.

(from left) Cllr Judy Hamilton, senior manager Alan Russell and tenant Tracy Rankin A new council housing development in the King Street area of Cowdenbeath is now ready to become homes for the first tenants.

Lesley Laird Fife Council’s depute leader, Councillor Lesley Laird, has raised concerns about the latest delay to FIFEplan - the Fife Local Development Plan - and the impact of this on communities and developers.