Fife

Up to 22 new council homes are to be built on the site of four blocks of flats in Anstruther after Fife Council’s North East Fife area committee gave approval for the flats to be demolished and redeveloped. It was also agreed to carry out a full review of property management over the previous

A planning application for 85 homes on in Aberdour has been approved at appeal. The Scottish Government’s planning and environmental appeals division confirmed a Reporter was minded to grant CALA Homes’ proposal for a field to the east of the Fife village.

Robertson Construction has started work to build a two court complex to hear sheriff and jury cases and custody cases in Kirkcaldy. The £3.7 million project will consist of two new criminal courtrooms and a court custody unit which will be located within the existing Kirkcaldy police station b

The improvement in Fife Council’s planning service has been recognised by the Scottish Government. Planning minister Kevin Stewart told the economy, tourism, strategic planning and transportation committee today that “considerable progress has been made since the introduction of the Plan

Fife Council has approved an investment plan which aims to deliver 3,500 new homes by 2022. Fife Housing Partnership’s Strategic Housing Investment Plan (SHIP) for 2019-2022 was recently approved by the council's Community and Housing Services Committee.

Advance Construction Scotland has offered the use of its Tullis Russel Paper Mill site in Fife to Police Scotland for vital officer training. The firm said that it was fully committed to supporting local communities and all organisations within them and that it prides itself on its sustainable outlo

St Andrews Links Trust has unveiled plans to bring a range of head office functions and operational services under one roof with its new headquarters at the Home of Golf. The 1,200 sq-metre facility, will provide St Andrews Links Trust with a two-storey building that once completed will serve as an

Plans have been lodged for a residential development in the Fife village of Guardbridge. McHale Enterprises is seeking planning permission in principle for up to 60 homes on land adjacent to Motray Park alongside associated works including car parking, landscaping, drainage and formation of new acce

Mick Schou Rasmussen has been appointed as new managing director to lead Velux Company Ltd’s roof window business from its UK headquarters in Fife. Work on a £7 million expansion at the company’s UK and Ireland head office building at Woodside Way in Glenrothes got under way last m

An agricultural firm is planning to build a £20 million poultry feed mill at the Port of Rosyth. 2Agriculture, a subsidiary of UK poultry company 2 Sisters Food Group, wants to develop the 41-metre tall mill on a five-acre plot at the Fife port.

Fife Council has given planning permission in principle to Taylor Wimpey East Scotland’s proposals for 1,400 homes and a new primary school in Halbeath. The local authority’s west area planning committee has given 20-year planning permission in principle for the on the 80-hectare agricul

ISG has started construction work on a £7 million expansion to the UK & Ireland head office building of roof window manufacturer Velux in Fife. The 37,673 sq ft two-storey, new build structure will house a new customer service centre, training facilities, meeting suites, office space and a

A woman who sued public works contractors after she fell while excavation works were ongoing outside her home has won her appeal for damages. Diane Raybould, 59, who has medical problems and requires a walking aid, raised an action for damages for personal injury against T & N Gilmartin, wh

Planning permission for a new Madras College to be built at North Haugh in St Andrews has been granted today by Fife Council. Members of the North East Fife area committee agreed to approve the recommendation put forward that a new, three-storey, high school be built to replace the current Madras bu

The University of St Andrews is to receive over £26 million for transformative infrastructure works at its Eden Campus project at Guardbridge. Confirmation of the investment came with the long-awaited announcement of the heads of terms for the Tay Cities Deal.