Housing development planned for eyesore gap site in Kirkcaldy High Street

A planning application to finally transform one of the town centre’s worst eyesores has been lodged.

The old Co-op site at the east end of the High Street could soon be a new residential development which would also see the demolition of the adjacent, empty former Reid Furniture shop.

Dundee based Newport Property Development want to build 39 flats with commercial units, and bring new life to an area which has been fenced off and overgrown for years.

The Co-op was demolished in 2006 after plans to build 26 flats and add retail space were approved 12 months earlier.

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The property was then sold,and the project halted in 2008 halted during the recession. Permission was extended until 2010, but work never started.

Now, a new application has been made to Fife Council to tackle the gap site.

The application describes them as “high quality, sustainable homes within a town centre site”

It also wants to create a development which blends in with the historic buildings around it: “The building aims to create a positive landmark at the prominent junction of the High Street and Oswald’s Wynd, while maintaining the commercial frontage to the High Street.”

The application will come before councillors in due course.

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