PLANS for affordable homes next to where Lidl will be in Rosyth have been served up by Fife Council.
The local authority has teamed up with Lovell Homes over proposals for 30 affordable houses on land near Admiralty Road – immediately behind where the discount retailer are opening a new store.
Parking, landscaping, garden space and other infrastructure would be created.
A planning statement explained: “The proposed development benefits from its proximity to the village/town centre with opportunity for local employment.
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“The proposed development has been designed to encourage the residents to utilise the extensive network of pedestrian and cycle routes surrounding the site with the surrounding employment areas and local facilities and provide attractive walkable routes to reduce the number of short trips made in cars.”
If the plans are approved, the development would be built on land in Rosyth Public Park near Admiralty Road.
Back in July, Lidl made the shock announcement that it had resurrected its plans for a store in Rosyth after previously saying they would "not be progressing" with the proposals.
It said a successful deal had been established by Lidl, the previous land owners Mac Mic Group, and Fife Council which would lead to the opening of a new store and 40 new jobs.
The news was described as an "absolute final kick in the teeth" for the chairman of the now defunct Rosyth FC.
The club was uprooted from its Recreation Park pitch back in 2018 when they say they were given notice to leave from Fife Council after they agreed to sell the land to make way for the development of a Lidl supermarket.
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The search for a new place eventually looking like it had ended with the creation of a new facility at Pitreavie playing fields. However, this collapsed when Lidl announced they had shelved plans to come to Rosyth and new terms for the new proposed base were deemed unaffordable and the club made the difficult decision to fold.
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