Planning permission

Strathmiglo Church could become a gift shop and tea-room if new plans are approved (Pic: Submitted)

Fife church set to be converted into gift shop selling cakes and tea

Phil Austin has built a lighthouse in the middle of Salford - 30 miles away from the nearest coast.

I was refused planning permission for a home...so I built a LIGHTHOUSE

Raith Lodge at Beveridge Park in Kirkcaldy has had a £1.3m transformation (Pic: Fife Council)

Historic building in Kirkcaldy park in £1.3m transformation to become a nursery

Mikey Allen at his 'therapy' castle in the Sirhowy Valley, South Wales.

Ex-soldier pledges to rebuild mountain 'therapy' castle

The applicant wants to add a coffee kiosk to the garden (Pic: kiberstalker/Pixabay)

Coffee kiosk bid for walled garden in centre of St Andrews

The owner of a world-famous house with a 25ft shark sticking out of the roof has been banned from renting it out on Airbnb Picture: Tom Wren / SWNS

Shark House owner is banned from Airbnb

The application includes the development of approximately 11km of active travel routes in the Levenmouth area from the A915 at Cameron Bridge to Bawbee Bridge (Pics: Submitted)

11km of planned travel routes in Leven take step forward with councillors

The lodge in Beveridge Park is now set to become a nursery (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Historic lodge in Beveridge Park set to welcome first youngsters to new nursery

The home in Sandringham Avenue in Walsall which was built without planning permission - and must now be torn down Picture: SWNS

'Monster mansion' with no planning permission has to be demolished

Craig Gillett, 61, as Santa, runs Santa's Grotto Frome alongside his sister Clare Perry, 59, Mrs Claus but is facing eviction over planning permission Picture: Santa's Grotto Frome / SWNS

Santa faces eviction from grotto over planning permission row

Network Rail wants to secure planning permission for a small maintenance compound and access point on industrial brownfield land to the south west of the Edlon/Pfaudler-Balfour Elm Park (Pic: Submitted)

Former iron foundry site earmarked for development as part of Leven rail link

Fire crews tackle the blaze at Kushi's in April (Pic: TSPL)

Popular Fife restaurant gutted by fire unveils plans to rebuild site

From left to right: David Fairweather, business development director, Muir Construction; Gregor King, Westway asset manager, Canmoor; Jim Nicol, Westway site manager, Alan Muir, managing director, and Iain Smalls, contracts manager, Muir Construction (Pic: Submitted)

Fife company lands contract for £25m development near Glasgow Airport

An appeal to Fife Council was successful (Pic: Fife Free Press)

Developer’s plans for dilapidated Fife farm steading get approval on appeal

A £1million mansion could be yours for £550,000 - but buyers should be aware it comes with a huge catch.

£1m mansion up for grabs for bargain £550k – but there’s a huge catch

Jeremy Clarkson has won his battle with West Oxfordshire District council as permission to provide more parking at his Diddly Squat farm has been granted.

Jeremy Clarkson given green light for changes at Diddly Squat farm
The year long battle saw Clarkson’s Diddly Squat farm branded ‘a victim of its own success’
Beth Franklin

Picture Michael Gillen

New electric vehicle charging points planned for Kirkcaldy town centre

The land at the centre of the planning application

Network Rail planning bid for scrub land as part of £116m Leven rail project

A petition to keep Jeremy Clarkson’s Diddly Squat Farm restaurant open has gathered over 150,000 signatures.

Jeremy Clarkson applies for a temporary car park on Diddly Squat Farm

Glastonbury Festival’s iconic Pyramid Stage could become a permanent fixture.

Glastonbury Festival’s Pyramid Stage could become a permanent fixture

An aerial view of the former Woodhouse Colliery site where West Cumbria Mining (WCM) have been given approval to once again extract coal. Picture: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Coal mine to be subject to legal challenge from environmental group

How the business units could look

New units at major Fife business park unveiled in £1.3b City Regional Deal

The dwellings will be built near the old entrance on Cumbrae Terrace. Pic: Fife Photo Agency.

Plans for four flats in grounds of Kirkcaldy Mosque withdrawn

Peat Inn

New homes planned for Fife hamlet

The crumbling state of the pier in Limekilns

Fifers launch imaginative way to raise funds to save historic pier

The fishery has hit out at the restrictions.

Fishery says Fife Council restrictions could cripple business

Silberline, Leven

Long-established Fife factory gets go-ahead for new heat and power plant
A Fife manufacturer has been given the go ahead to install a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant at its factory.
Craig Smith, Local Democracy Reporting Service

The action comes after an emergency last summer

Forth rescue drama spurs shell-shocked Fife community into action

Letham Feus Caravan Park in Levenmouth has been in operation near the village of Lundin Links for more than 40 years.

Fife holiday park unveils plans for major expansion

Keepmoat Homes, has completed on the purchase of Westwood Park, Glenrothes

Developer completes purchase of land in Fife town to build 420 homes

The former BHS store in Kirkcaldy - the first BHS to open in Scotland in 1964

Former BhS store in Kirkcaldy set to re-open

The community came out against the proposed road and have been backed up by the Scottish Government

Scottish Government rejects need for 'rat run' road link in St Monans

Robert Nairn pub, Kirk Wynd, Kirkcaldy

Council veto Fife Wetherspoons' pub beer garden plan

The Ladybank plans have gone to appeal

Housing row: Developer says 20-year old plans will go ahead if revisions rejecte...

The proposed development in Gauldry

Roadwork objections over-ruled at Fife housing development

Construction work starts on new £33m Fife Elective Orthopaedic Centre at the Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. From left:Andy Ballantyne (Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon/ Clinical Lead for the FEOC); Carol Potter (Chief Executive, NHS Fife), Ben Johnston (Head of Capital Planning, NHS Fife/ Project Director for FEOC); Chris MacLeod (Regional Director - Building North), Rt Hon Tricia Marwick (Chair, NHS Fife Board); and Neil McCormick (Director of Property and Asset Management).

Construction starts on Fife’s state of the art £33m elective orthopaedic centre

Hunter Street, Kirkcaldy

Former legal office set to become flats in Kirkcaldy town centre

The new solar farm has been approved.

New solar power farm plan for Fife

Victoria Hospital car park

140 extra parking spaces at Victoria Hospital by Spring

Artist's impreession of new shop, cafe and garden by Growforth Limited at South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend

Fife business unveils plans for new cafe, shop and garden centre

Fife MSP Annabelle Ewing has expressed her disappointment at the Reporter's decision regarding Hillside School in Aberdour.

New educational campus and houses in Aberdour set to go ahead after appeal

Solar panels similar to the ones which will be installed near Kinglassie if the project gets the green light

Plans for site of former Fife opencast mine to become solar farm

Football pitches at Michael Woods Sports Centre, Glenrothes

Fife sport trust reveals rise in numbers at centres pre-lockdown

Picture ; John Devlin

Electric car owners in Fife will have to pay to charge their vehicles

An aerial plan of the housing and mixed use development on the former Tullis Russell site in Glenrothes that is set to be come a reailty ovre the next decade. Credit Barton Willmore

Planning permission granted for houses on former Fife paper mill site

Hillside School Aberdour

Bid for new educational campus and houses in Aberdour

The former home of the FFP.

Former Fife Free Press office to be turned into flats

The tower will be lowered as part of the work.

Fife town hall set to undergo major refurbishment

St Andrews West development.

Green light for St Andrews West expansion

Co-op set to move into former Aberdour garage

Major Kirkcaldy development set to begin

Beveridge Park Bowling Club hosted a Scotland V England test match in 2009. (Pic: Walter Neilson)

Kirkcaldy bowling club gets funding for disabled access

Fife farm bids to overturn veto on plans for derelict cottage

McDonald's set to open second drive through in Glenrothes

The houses are situated in Mount Frost Gardens, Markinch (pictured above). Copyright Google Maps, all rights reserved

Public space becomes private gardens in Fife town