PEOPLE ECONOMY PLACE FIFE plan Fife Local Development Plan Adopted Plan Economy, Planning & September 2017 Employability Services Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 1 Written Statement FIFEplan PEOPLE ECONOMY PLACE Ordnance Survey Copyright Statement The mapping in this document is based upon Ordnance Survey material with the permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © crown copyright and database right (2017). All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey licence number 100023385. 2 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 Alternative languages and formats This document is called the Proposed FIFEplan Local Development Plan. It describes where and how the development will take place in the area over the 12 years from 2014-2026 to meet the future environmental, economic, and social needs, and provides an indication of development beyond this period. To request an alternative format or translation of this information please use the telephone numbers below. 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Koszt polaczenia wynosi 3-7p za minute z brytyjskich telefonow stacjonarnych, koszty polaczen z telefonow komorkowych moga byc rozne. 03451 55 55 55 66 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 3 Foreword FIFEplan can build on those elements, recognised as being essential to making Fife a better place for its communities, providing housing to meet the needs identified by the Housing Needs Assessment and in playing its full part in the Scottish economy in both Edinburgh and Dundee City regions, and creating better places for Fife’s citizens and visitors to enjoy. FIFEplan does not exist in a vacuum. It complements and supports the Council Plan, Local Community Plans, and the Fife Economic Strategy. It also supports the Council's aims of providing more good quality affordable homes and builds on the success of the 2,700 affordable homes that have been built in the last 5 years. It is also a way of attracting and retaining investment in Fife by signalling our ambitions and our intent. At the Proposed Plan stage, FIFEplan was amongst the first Local Development Plans in Scotland to apply the Scottish Planning Policy published in 2014 by the Scottish Government. Fife is also putting its town centres first by promoting policies to breathe By Cllr Lesley Laird, new life into them and protect them from development which would undermine that aim. Depute Leader and Executive Spokesperson This plan rolls forward the recently adopted Local Plans. But there are new features for Economy, & Planning including a revised policy framework, and greater use of maps and diagrams to explain how the plan will work. I am pleased to introduce Fife Council's first Adopted Local Development Plan – FIFEplan. Thank you to everyone who took time to comment on the Main Issues Report and additional consultation in 2013 and Proposed Plan consultation in 2014. We received It is an important document for promoting Fife as a place to invest in and to protect over 7,200 comments through these three consultations. These, together with the its varied and rich natural and built heritage. And, importantly, it is intended to shape town centre summits held between 2012 and 2013 and the design led 'charrette' the land use and planning for Fife and its communities over the next 10 years. workshops in Leven/Methil and Kirkcaldy, have contributed to the proposals in FIFEplan. It is also a plan with challenges because it promotes development at a time when the economy and development sector are still in recovery and many people ask why we need more land to be identified for development. It is also a plan that reflects our ambition for continued growth in Fife's economy and sets the scene for change in the medium and longer term. We have used the themes of People, Economy, Place in preparing this plan. It is an unashamed lift from Patrick Geddes' “Place, Work, Folk”: the elements key to a successful society. Geddes is widely regarded as the father of town planning, and had strong Fife connections. Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 Contents Role and Purpose 9 Fife Spatial Strategy 12 Settlement & Countryside Plans 23 A Guide to Countryside and Settlement Plans 23 Aberdour 26 Anstruther and Cellardyke 28 Auchtermuchty 32 Auchtertool 34 Ballingry 35 Balmerino and Kirkton of Balmerino 38 Balmullo 39 Blairhall 41 Buckhaven 45 Burntisland 47 Cairneyhill 53 Cardenden, Dundonald, Auchterderran & Bowhill 59 Carnock 66 Ceres 67 Charlestown 68 Coaltown of Balgonie 71 Coaltown of Wemyss 73 Colinsburgh 75 Cowdenbeath 77 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 Contents Crail 84 Crossford 87 Crossgates, Fordell & Mossgreen 88 Crosshill 93 Culross 94 Cupar 95 Cupar Muir 103 Dairsie 104 Dalgety Bay & Hillend 105 Drumoig 109 Dunfermline & Halbeath 110 East Wemyss 156 Elie and Earlsferry 157 Falkland 161 Gauldry 162 Glencraig 163 Glenrothes 165 Gowkhall 185 Guardbridge 186 High Valleyfield 192 Hill of Beath 195 Inverkeithing 197 Kelty 206 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 Contents Kennoway 210 Kincardine, New Row & Tulliallan 215 Kinghorn 223 Kinglassie 226 Kingsbarns 228 Kingseat 229 Kirkcaldy & Dysart 230 Ladybank 264 Largoward 267 Leslie 268 Leuchars 271 Leven 273 Levenmouth Area 277 Limekilns 282 Lochgelly 284 Lochore 295 Lower Largo 298 Lumphinnans 300 Markinch 303 Methil & Methilhill 305 Milton of Balgonie 311 Newburgh 312 Newport on Tay 316 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 Contents Oakley 319 Pittenweem 324 Rosyth 325 Saline 338 Springfield 342 St Andrews 344 St Monans 355 Star of Markinch 359 Stratheden 360 Strathkinness 361 Tayport 363 Thornton 368 Torryburn 373 Townhill 374 West Wemyss 375 Windygates 376 Wormit 378 Countryside Area (outwith town and village boundaries) 381 Policies 402 A guide to the FIFEplan policies 402 Policy 1: Development Principles 404 Policy 2: Homes 407 Policy 3: Infrastructure and Services 416 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 Contents Policy 4: Planning Obligations 422 Policy 5: Employment Land and Property 427 Policy 6: Town Centres First 430 Policy 7: Development in the Countryside 443 Policy 8: Houses in the Countryside 445 Policy 9: Green Belt 451 Policy 10: Amenity 453 Policy 11: Low Carbon Fife 456 Policy 12: Flooding and the Water Environment 461 Policy 13: Natural Environment and Access 464 Policy 14: Built and Historic Environment 467 Policy 15: Minerals 471 Glossary 474 Appendix 1 - Schedule of Land Ownership 485 Adopted FIFEplan, July 2017 9 Role and Purpose 1. This Local Development Plan – FIFEplan – sets out the policies and proposals criteria and conditions which will be used to determine the acceptability of for the development and use of land across Fife. The policies in the Plan and planning applications. supplementary guidance will be used to determine planning applications and give guidance to communities and investors on where development can and 7. Third, proposals for towns and villages across Fife are listed in the settlement cannot take place, what type of development is allowed, how it should be laid plan proposals with references which identify which areas or pieces of land are out and designed and how environmental and cultural assets will be protected. affected by these proposals. The settlement plans also list additional information on town centres and commercial centres, as well as available information on 2. This version of the Plan – the Adopted Plan - was adopted by Fife Council in strategic development areas/strategic land allocations. September 2017 and supersedes the previous local plans: the Fife Minerals Subject Local Plan (2011); the Dunfermline & West Fife Local Plan (2012); Mid 8. The Glossary in the plan explains certain terms that are used in the plan. The Fife Local Plan (2012); and St Andrews & East Fife Local Plan (2012). reader should refer to it to see which terms have a particular meaning. 3. Planning Circular 6/2013 Development Planning explains that development 9. A proposals map identifies the location of development proposals and where plans are spatial, land use plans which are primarily about place. They guide the policies apply. The proposals map includes the inset larger scale maps for towns future use of land in urban and rural areas by addressing the spatial implications and villages. The Plan should be read as a whole. for economic, social, and environmental change. The Circular also explains the development plans should be a corporate document for the planning authority 10. Supplementary guidance prepared in connection with a Strategic Development and its community planning partners and apply the land use elements of the Plan or Local Development Plan, subject to meeting consultation requirements, Community Plan and other Council and Government strategies into an overall will form part of the Development Plan and be known as statutory supplementary spatial plan for the local area providing a means to join up messages about place guidance. Supplementary guidance adopted and issued in this manner will and delivery. provide further information or detail connected with the policies or proposals in this Plan and will be referred to in the relevant policies or proposals. 4. Scottish Ministers want development plans to be succinct and map-based with emphasis on the written material explaining the spatial strategy and the policies 11. Fife Council will prepare – or review – and adopt supplementary guidance in and proposals shown on the maps.