A fight continues to prevent the construction of flats which it is claimed would be another architectural mistake for Kinghorn.
Although planning permission has been granted for the council flats on the site of the former Caberfeidh care home, opponents still hope the builder can be persuaded to alter the design.
Local councillor George Kay penned an open letter to Fife Council leader David Ross urging him to ask Campion Homes to come up with a more sensitive proposal.
He pressed for the request to be made when the scheme is put before the council’s executive committee for approval of a contract between the builder and local authority, which will take over the 24 flats once complete.
Objectors claim the three-storey building on Bruce Street will be too large and overbearing and is poorly designed.
As he argued for planning permission to be refused in September, Mr Kay said unsuitable housing was permitted in the High Street of the coastal village 60 years ago, and the flats would be another mistake.
He said: “There is no one in Kinghorn who does not want to see this site developed but, equally, the development must be in harmony with this very ancient town.”
In his letter, he told Mr Ross: “As these proposals meet with the unanimous disapproval of all three ward councillors, the community council, Fife Historic Building Trust, the chair of Kirkcaldy Area Committee and the vast majority of the residents of Kinghorn, may I urge that at the executive you ask the developer to prepare a design which will be much more acceptable in this very sensitive site.”
Mr Ross said: “These issues have been raised with me by a number of people, and I will be discussing them with Keith Winter, executive director, enterprise and environment.”
In response to public concern, Campion Homes has already revised its proposals, including reducing the number of flats from 27 and making changes to the design and materials to give a more traditional look.