The café is being run by The Larder Cook School, a local social enterprise based in Livingston. The Larder Cook School aims to encourage and support young people to learn to cook, both to develop their own skills and to encourage them into jobs in the hospitality industry.

Councillor Dave King attended the official opening and conducted the opening ceremony in the glorious sunshine.

As the village grows, further community facilities including shops, businesses and a new primary school will be delivered.

Stirling Developments is a dynamic property development company based in Dunfermline with expertise in masterplanning, architecture, engineering and project delivery. The company secured planning consent for new village Calderwood for 2,300 homes in 2014. Since then, over 350 houses have already been delivered and, in terms of occupations, has been one of the fastest selling sites in Scotland. Phase 3 of the development is now underway and is set to be the most exciting phase yet, with plans to deliver additional business opportunities, village centre and a new primary school.

Stirling Developments submitted an application for Planning Permission in Principle for Broomhall in south-west Dunfermline at the end of 2016, where it anticipates development consent for 2,450 homes.

Stirling Developments aims to deliver exemplar developments, setting new standards for the way the industry delivers large scale residential developments, where quality place-making is top of the agenda. Their aim is simple: to create great places to live in.

Fancy joining the team? Stirling Developments currently has a vacancy for a Quantity Surveyor/Project Manager. The closing date for applications is Friday 20th July at 5:00pm.