Plans have been lodged for a third major housing development in Aberdour.
Campion Homes is the latest developer to apply for permission to build in the village in recent months, and is seeking to create 80 houses on land at Nether Bouprie Farm to the west of the village.
It follows planning applications from Cala and Hillside School which been met with hundreds of objections.
Aberdour Community Council chairman Iain Fleming said he was reserving judgement on the latest plans until local residents brought their views forward.
He urged villagers to contribute their feedback at the next community council meeting, which is being held at the Institute in Shore Road on Wednesday February 7 at 7.30pm.
Mr Fleming said: “The meeting will be to discuss this application.
“We have until February 22 to respond, but we can’t respond without knowing the views of people in the village. We’ve invited Campion along and think Campion might take the opportunity to attend.”
Mr Fleming said there were concerns among local residents about the potential cumulative impact the development could have.
Cala has applied for permission to build 85 new homes on the field beside Morayvale to the east of the village and Hillside School hopes to fund a new-build school by gaining permission for 125 homes at its Main Street site.
Among residents’ concerns is the impact on the local doctors’ surgery.
A resident was recently unable to register with the surgery at Dalgety Bay because it had reached capacity.
However, in the Scottish Government’s examination of the Fife Local Development Plan, pressure on health care facilities was described as not “peculiar to Aberdour”. With health facilities lacking spare capacity elsewhere, it is unlikely this would influence the planning process.
On behalf of Campion, TMS Planning Services described the proposal as “sustainable and deliverable” and said it would make a “significant local contribution to the current and ongoing housing land supply shortfall in the Dunfermline and west Fife housing market area.”
The planners said in a submission to Fife Council: “Aberdour can, technically and environmentally, accommodate the level of development proposed.
“Secondly, it is confirmed that the site in question is suitable for such development. Thirdly, that there are tangible benefits to Aberdour arising from the development with respect to the types of new housing to be delivered and the additional support arising to local facilities and businesses.”
