LOCAL residents can find out more about the plans to build more than 2,000 houses and two primary schools.

The Kingswood development, to the south-west of Dunfermline, is set to begin this year and a briefing will be given to the Brucefield Tenants and Residents Association.

They've invited Stirling Developments to attend their meeting this evening (Thursday) to answer some questions about the proposals, which were described by the firm's boss as a "once in a lifetime opportunity".

A post from the residents association said: "Are you aware of a new housing development set to be built on the land running from the gas works at Elgin Street down towards Rosyth?

"Want to find out more?

Dunfermline Press: The meeting will take place in the Del Farquharson Centre on Nethertown Broad Street.The meeting will take place in the Del Farquharson Centre on Nethertown Broad Street. (Image: Google Maps)

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"Don't miss this opportunity to have your say and have your questions answered by the lead developer who will be attending our meeting on Thursday at 7pm at the Dell Farquharson Centre, on Nethertown Broad Street, to tell us more about it."

The project is set to cost hundreds of millions of pounds and will see 542 acres of Lord Elgin's Broomhall estate turned into a massive housing estate - there will also be the two schools, shops, employment units, healthcare facilities and parks - over the next 25-30 years.

Planning permission in principle was granted by Fife Council in December 2018 and at that time it was described as a £600m project that would create more than 7,000 jobs.

The western expansion of Dunfermline will see a "new city quarter" created and the plans were inspired by The Grand Plan from 1920.

It included a major development at Broomhall and spoke of “grand boulevards and regal architecture” but was never realised.

The managing director of Stirling Developments, Peter Stirling, said: "The Broomhall project has been 100 years in the making. Our plans aim to make it well worth the wait and become a positive, lasting legacy for Dunfermline."