New plans revealed for Fife's worst fly-tipping site

Fife’s worst fly-tipping site could be about to be cleared up.

The shocking eyesore at a Kirkcaldy industrial estate has new owners - and they have lodged a planning application to fence it off and make use of the derelict land.

The industrial scale of the dumping at Myregormie Place on the site of the former Production Glassfibre factory was exposed by the Fife Free Press earlier this month. Police and environment regulator, SEPA, have been investigating.

It used to be home to Production Glassfibre which was destroyed in a devastating blaze over a decade ago, The derelict land has become a wasteland covered in debris after fly-tippers tore down security fences.

Revealed: Fife's worst fly-tipping site

Fife Council confirmed it was in talks with the site’s new owner, and now a planning application has been lodged to make the area secure and bring the land back into use.

Stirlingshire-based North Star Storage wants to put storage containers on the land which is next to Barnardo’s Scottish office.

The containers could be used by tradesmen to store equipment and supplies, and, with the site secured by new fencing, it would mean an end to the appalling fly-tipping.

The planning application is expected to go before councillors in due course.

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