North East Fife planning committee councillors have approved four separate proposals from North American firm Alvarez & Marsal Golf to turn the site into a new 18-hole golf course, a short ‘par-3’ course, practice range, clubhouse, golfer’s hotel, restaurant, cottage facilities, a greenkeepers service yard, a half-way house with food and drinks, and more.

The Feddinch Mains site has been earmarked as a golf course destination for over two decades. Various developers have attempted to develop the land, but none have ever been fully implemented.

Global professional services company Alvarez & Marsal Golf submitted three separate planning applications as part of its masterplan – all of which were approved by councillors.

The consulting firm’s “site-wide masterplan” includes an 18-hole golf course, a short par-3 course, practice grounds and a 250-metre-long clubhouse. It was also given permission to build six detached guest cottages on the site.

A separate planning and listed building consent application to turn the B-listed farmhouse on the site into usable mixed-use events space with new doors, windows, lights, cladding and canopy features was also approved.

“We are delighted Fife Council’s North East Planning Committee has approved our application for a new golf course on the outskirts of St Andrews,” said Tyler J Kirsch, managing director of Alvarez and Marsal Golf.

“Following extensive consultation with Fife Council, the local community and other key stakeholders, this approval is a major milestone in regenerating a site that has remained undeveloped for 20 years.

“We are confident our project will bring lasting benefits to the local community, and we remain committed to ongoing engagement as it progresses.”