Mossmorran: council confirms interest in site and demolition timescale
A number of expressions of interest have already been made for the ExxonMobil site at Mossmorran.
The Fife Ethylene Plant (FEP) stopped production for good on February 2 after the company said it was losing around £1m a week.
An update at Fife Council’s meeting on Thursday said that “good engagement” had taken place with the workforce and additional contractors affected by the closure.
“There has been good take up of training/retraining opportunities and advice services,” stated a report by council leader, Councillor David Ross.
It added: “Progress is being made on decommissioning with discovery work taking place to clarify planning assumptions and infrastructure dependencies.
“Demolition is expected to commence in 2027 and continue for some time with the timeline for the site becoming available for other uses depending on decisions yet to be taken by Exxon.
“No proactive marketing work on the site has been undertaken as yet but partners are scanning for opportunities and expressions of interest are being responded to.
“A paper setting out how the agencies involved are collaborating will be coming to the Stakeholder Group in September.”
Cllr Ross said it will take “some time” to prepare the site for alternative uses and its future had been discussed at a recent stakeholder meeting.
“I am aware it was reported to that meeting there are a number of expressions of interest already coming forward but it is not appropriate to go into any detail of this,” he added,