Fife

The first phase of a project to build two new modern accessible stations and a new railway track to enable the return of passenger trains in the east of Fife is set to begin in earnest.

Quale Homes has submitted plans to redevelop old social work offices and a gym into 24 affordable two and three-storey apartments on Station Road in Leven.

A five-storey block of flats plagued by anti-social behaviour is to be demolished next year to make way for a new care village in Anstruther. 

Plans for an £8 million investment by London & Scottish Developments to build a retail park at South Road in Cupar have been approved by Fife Council's north east Fife planning committee.

Kingdom Housing Association has started conversion work on Hunter House in Kirkcaldy, a Category B listed building, following the easing of lockdown restrictions.

A Fife building contractor has been fined £5,000 after a subcontractor sustained multiple fractures and a brain injury in a fall from height.

The former Viewforth High School in Kirkcaldy, which is subject to a planning application for redevelopment by Whiteburn Projects, has been destroyed in a fire over the weekend.

A closing date has been set for the sale of the former Madras College site in St Andrews, which has been recommended for use as housing. Shepherd Chartered Surveyors has set a closing date of 12 noon December 3 for the sale of Scottish comprehensive secondary school Madras College’s Kilrymont

Plans for a multi-million-pound waterfront development at the western end of the Kirkcaldy Esplanade have been rejected by Fife Council.

Fife Council has received plans to build new student accommodation in St Andrews, easing the pressure on housing stock in the university town. The revised proposals would provide 748 student beds at Albany Park, seen as the centrepiece of a £100 million investment in student accommodation over

Plans have been submitted to Fife Council to build 25 new affordable homes in Lochgelly.

A developer has successfully appealed to the Scottish Government after its plans for new homes next to Townhill Country Park in Dunfermline were rejected by the local authority.

Plans for the construction of a glass-fronted bar overlooking the Old Course in St Andrews have been submitted to Fife Council.

The first major engineering works on a state-of-the-art composite structures research facility will begin in July as part of an industry-academic partnership between the University of Edinburgh and Babcock International Group.

A Scottish regional regeneration partnership could provide a potential model for global economic recovery, according to a global think tank and strategic advisory firm.