Fife Council

The independent review which proposed a package of measures to change Scotland’s planning system has been welcomed by Fife Council. The local authority has long called for an overhaul of the system to enable communities to have a greater say and provide a more effective system and yesterday it sai

Cllr Judy Hamilton with Louise Sutherland (Fife Council service manager for area housing operations) and David Leaf (land manager, Bellway Homes Scotland) Work is progressing well on another phase of council housing at Leuchatsbeath in Cowdenbeath.

Nicki Donaldson (front right) and Cara Hilton (front left) at the launch with representatives from Persimmon Homes, Fife Council and Abbeyview tenants Fife Housing Group and its partners joined tenants, local councillors and current Labour candidate Cara Hilton this week, to celebrate the completion

Proposals for 100 new homes in Leven, ten of which would be classed as affordable, have been approved by Fife councillors. Campion Homes wants to extend the town’s north-eastern boundary with the development planned for land off Cupar Road.

The planning moratorium on new Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) in St Andrews town centre will continue until June 2017 because Fife Council officers have still not fully assessed its impact. Student newspaper The Saint reports that the HMO ban was first introduced in 2011, with a review expected

Judy Hamilton Over £225 million is to be invested in Fife’s council homes over the next three years to ensure the local authority continues to reach the Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS).

New tenant Carolynn McQueen with Max Scotto, Kingdom’s tenant participation officer The Fife community of Guardbridge is celebrating more good news with the completion by Kingdom Housing Association of its latest new housing development delivering 66 new homes to the village.

Cllrs Judy Hamilton & David Ross visit tenant Maria McKenzie The completion of a housing development in Thornton has signalled the halfway stage in Fife Council’s Affordable Housing Programme.

(from left) Spence Waddell, clerk of works for Fife Council; Robert Herd, construction manager for Muir Homes; Alan Russell, senior manager for housing condition & supply at Fife Council; Cllr Judy Hamilton, Fife Council’s executive spokesperson for housing & building services; Alastair Wh

Residents are being invited to attend a drop-in event today discussing a new affordable housing development in Fife. Plans by Persimmon Homes include developing 49 affordable homes at Bute Crescent in Dunfermline.

(from left) David Leaf, land manager, Bellway; Inspector Irene Ralston, local area commander West Fife; and Councillor Judy Hamilton, executive spokesperson for housing and building services A new affordable housing development in Cowdenbeath has received a Secured by Design certificate from Police

Judy Hamilton Fife Council has unanimously approved its Housing Revenue Account (HRA) budget for 2016/17.

Image of Pitscottie Road courtesy of Montgomery Forgan Associates Kingdom Housing Association has completed a major exercise in community consultation over its proposals to develop 49 affordable houses at Pitscottie Road in Cupar.

Fife Council is once again squaring up for another battle against a planning appeals system that it says is “undermining local democracy”. A proposed development at Milldeans Farm, Glenrothes, for approximately 300 houses was rejected by the local authority through the Local Development Plan pro

Demolition of former council offices at Tantallon Avenue in Glenrothes to make way for more much needed council homes is now complete. The eleven new houses are starting to take shape at the Bankhead House site with kits now being erected by Fife Council’s team of house builders. The homes will be