A former Kirkcaldy school could be given a new lease of life if ambitious plans for the area are given the go ahead.
Edinburgh-based developers and investors Whiteburn Projects are set to unveil their vision for the old Viewforth High School site in Loughborough Road.
It comes more than three years after teachers and pupils walked out for the last time.
The C-listed former school building will be renovated and converted into apartments.
Another listed building is due to be torn down, with two, three and four bedroom homes planned for the former school grounds.
Exact details in terms of apartment numbers and site layout have not yet been divulged, but the company believes work could start on the development as early as next summer.
Whiteburn is working with Kinross-based Lindsay Bell Architects and Fairhurst engineers on the projec.
Eve McCurrich, managing director of Whiteburn, said the venture was a great opportunity for partners to work with Fife Council to regenerate a “fantastic” location.
She added: “We hope to commence construction works in the summer of 2020.”
Two public consultation events have been organised for the Strathearn Hotel in Kirkcaldy on August 22 and September 19, giving members of the community a first chance to see how the blueprint is coming along.
The school was a local landmark for 108 years before it closed at the end of the 2016 term.
Viewforth pupils relocated to the Windmill Campus elsewhere in the town, leaving a question mark over what would become of the former school site.
Concerns were heightened in October 2017 when a fierce fire broke out in the roof space of the school’s B-listed annexe, formerly known as Eastbank House, causing significant damage.
The buildings have lain empty ever since, with members of the community concerned about the buildings falling into disrepair or being prone to vandalism.
Whiteburn Projects has a record of creating new office buildings and designing and implementing urban masterplans.
More recently the company has been focused on constructing new homes for sale on brownfield sites and through the renovation of historic or listed buildings.
