Fife

A world-first programme using green hydrogen to heat homes could be built in Fife if proposals are approved by energy regulator Ofgem. 

Plans to convert a listed former Kirkcaldy library and clinic into new flats have been approved by Fife Council.

A development with a partially-formed golf course near St Andrews could be resurrected after the site was put up for sale.

Sinclair Watt Architects has resubmitted plans lodged in 2017 to demolish the former Fife Council offices in Rosyth in order to build 23 flats.

Work on the completion of the new Raith Grove Children’s Home in Kirkcaldy has re-started due to an urgent need for accommodation for vulnerable children in Fife. Fife Council started construction of the new children’s house last year but all site activity has been on hold since coronavi

Housebuilders could soon be asked to make a financial contribution to health and social care facilities when planning permission is granted for new developments in Fife. With the increased pressure new housing can place on GP practices, councillors have agreed consideration should be given during re

Fife’s flagship Industrial Innovation Investment programme has secured planning permission for seven single storey business units within Dunnikier Business Park in Kirkcaldy. 

Property development company London & Scottish Investments’ new £9 million retail development in Cowdenbeath town centre has been given a boost with the opening of Lidl and B&M stores. The new retail development at North End Road created 70 employment opportunities with a further

Work has completed on a £5.4 million transformative new community built on a greenfield site in the Newburgh area of Fife. A total of 40 high-quality affordable homes have been delivered at Banklands by Robertson Partnership Homes, part of Robertson Residential Group.

A construction consultant who supplied a fake building warrant to a Dunfermline man having his home extended has been sent to prison.

Fife’s flagship industrial innovation investment programme is taking shape as construction work starts on nine new business units at Queensway Industrial Estate in Glenrothes.  (from left) Scott Sinton, Bell Group supervisor; Modern Apprentice Mathew Fleming; Mark Herd, Fife Council; Cllr

With the listing of the former Madras College site in St Andrews for sale, Fife Council has produced a guidance document for developers which recommends that the site be used for housing. The document also recommends that the site should contain a care home and student accommodation.

Fife Council has rejected an application to construct a new gas plan in Hillend. The local authority’s planning review body upheld its original decision to reject the plans in 2019. 

Edinburgh-based developer Whiteburn has submitted its plan for a residential development in the grounds of the former Viewforth High School in Kirkcaldy following two successful consultation events.

Persimmon Homes has been granted permission to build 158 homes in Wormet, Fife.