The Forth Bridge has scooped yet another national award.
The Forth Bridge World Heritage Partnership project and Fife Council were honoured at the Scottish Awards for Quality in Planning 2016, one of the Scottish Government’s most prestigious events.
The annual event, which this year attracted a record number of entries, saw a triple success for Fife, with two awards for the partnership and one for the local authority’s former senior planning manager Jim Birrell.
Mr Birrell was presented with the inaugural personal achievement in planning award, in recognition of 44 years of commitment to the industry.
Fife Council’s archaeologist Douglas Speirs said: “It’s taken five long years of innovative, multi-agency public, private and third sector working to achieve the recognition that the Forth Bridge deserves.
“Having now secured World Heritage listing for Scotland’s most iconic piece of industrial heritage, it is the icing on the cake to have had our project recognised as an exemplar of its type and by the Scottish Government’s awards.”
Robin Presswood, head of economy, planning and employability services, added: “We are carrying out pioneering work in Fife, and winning in three categories at these prestigious awards is helping us to celebrate the quality of our local built environment.”
