Fife Council

Plans to build eight luxury homes overlooking the Firth of Forth have been submitted to Fife Council by developers. The Seafield Consortium Limited wants to develop land just yards from the shore below Long Craig Walk in Kirkcaldy.

Fife Council has set its budget for the year ahead, with a pledge that "fixing Fife is the priority" for spending. Following the council's recently agreed approach to recovery and reform, yesterday's budget has allocated investment to the three priority areas of supporting local economic recovery, t

Fife Council's Policy & Coordination Committee has approved a suite of reports that set out a strategy to help the Kingdom recover, and build back, from the Covid-19 pandemic. The council and its partners will do everything possible to:

Fife Council has launched a new survey to help with planning for new housing across Fife.

Fife Council has agreed a one-year rent increase of 1.5% for council houses from April 2021 – adding £1.13 a week to the average rent cost - to help fund investment of more than £250 million in housing over the next three years. The same increase will apply to service charges,

An investment of over £5 million over the next ten years will help tackle flooding in Fife.

Dalgety Bay firm Mackay & Stenhouse is seeking to back out of a requirement to provide affordable housing as part of its housing deal on the site of Forth House in Kirkcaldy. The firm obtained planning permission to build 32 flats and a semi-detached house on Abbotshall Road in August last

Quicker response times, improved evidence gathering and working directly with communities are amongst proposals made by Fife Council's Housing Services to tackle antisocial behaviour throughout the Kingdom. Recommendations have been made to invest an additional £320,000 to recruit additional s

Fife Council’s Housing Services, Building Services and Business Support teams were celebrating last week after being crowned ‘Housing Team of the Year’ at a special ‘virtual’ awards ceremony at this year's CIH Scotland Housing Awards.

Joanne Saurin, a housing professional with Fife Council, has won the 'outstanding individual' award at the Scottish Empty Homes Conference this week. The judges recognised Joanne for her "amazing work" with Fife Council which has included bringing 395 properties back in to use since taking up her po

Aberdeen City Council, an Inverness-based building company, a community housing project in Dumfries & Galloway and a Fife Council officer were the winners in the 10th Scottish Empty Homes awards sponsored by Fraser & Fraser Genealogists and International Probate Researchers.

Members of Fife Council's Environment and Protective Services subcommittee were given an update this week about work to manage and reduce the impact of flooding in areas at risk across Fife. Councillor Ross Vettraino, convener of the environment and protective services sub committee, said: &ldq

Fife councillors have rejected Springfield's plans to build 65 new homes in Strathkinness. Councillor Jane Ann Liston, who moved refusal of the plans at the recent North East Planning Committee meeting, said the properties would have been 'squashed' into two-thirds of an area previously earmarked fo

Fife Council intends to spend an additional £320,000 on tackling anti-social behaviour. The council's Community and Housing Services Sub-Committee will discuss planned changes to its antisocial behaviour policy on Thursday this week.

Fife Council has approved plans to build 60 new homes at Moray Park in Guardbridge. The development was approved by members of the North East Fife planning committee despite flood risk concerns from some locals about the site's proximity to the River Eden and a reservoir.