Welcome to Royal Burgh of Burntisland Community Council
Community Councillors are volunteers working to help make Burntisland a better place by reflecting community views to Fife Council and others. See page 2 for more details on our work: 'About us'.
For Fife Council issues, please contact them directly by telephone or via their website.
Games Day Exiles Reception 2026
Town Twinning Group & guests from Flekkefjord, Norway, at Games Day Exiles Reception
Royal Burgh of Burntisland Community Council (BCC) News:
Burntisland Highland Games Day: Many thanks to all the volunteers who worked hard to make this day a great success! Dignitaries include: Deputy Provost Cllr Dave Demspey, Honorary Games Chieftain Gordon Langlands, Community Award Winner John Harrower, Melanie Ward MP, Julie MacDougall MSP & Claire Baker MSP, Cllrs Kathleen Leslie & Lesley Backhouse, Eliza Twaddle CC Chair with children of Civic Week Royal Party and three of the Burntisland 'Exiles'. We were delighted to have the Town twinning Group and residnets of our Twin Town, Flekkefjord join us.
Splash Pad: The refurbished splash pad was officially opened 2nd July and it is proving very popular! It is open for safe water play for children of all ages and abilities 8am to 8pm - jump on the pads to activate. Many thanks to Fife Council, Fife Environmental Trust, our elected representatives, and the school parent council for their support, all who contributed to the Crowdfunder.
Burgh Chambers: Fife Council have allocated £250,000 for a refurbishment including a replacement heating system and improved accessibility. Until work is complete we cannot use the building.
Rail station step free access: Network Rail have completed a costed feasibility study for step free access to Platform 2 at Burntisland station. We have received this as a redacted version via a Freedom of Information Request. It can be viewed on ourLocal Place Plan page of this website. There is as yet no funding identified for any station improvements at Burntisland. Your CC will meet shortly with Melanie Ward MP to discuss the way forward.
Burntisland Common Good: The Community Council has forwarded its concerns to Fife Council.
Public Community Council Meetings: These are held every 3rd Tuesday of the month. The meeting draft agendas are posted on this website during the week prior to the meeting. (See tab on the right of this page to download an agenda.) If you would like a topic added to the agenda please use the 'contact us' box. You can also raise a topic at the start of the meeting but it will depend on time constraints if it can be included at that meeting. The meeting draft Minutes are posted on this website usually by the Tuesday following the meeting (see Minutes page on this website to access all recent minutes.)
Contact us: Our Secretary will reply to you as soon as possible
Fife Council: Please contact Fife Council directly about any issues you have on their areas of responsibility. The Fife Council website https://www.fife.gov.uk/ has a lot of information and easy to use features for members of the public to report issues that don’t require the intervention of a Fife Councillor or a Community Council member.
Councillors: Our three local elected Fife Councillors for Ward 9 are: Cllr Lesley Backhouse, Cllr Kathleen Leslie, and Cllr Julie MacDougall.
Your Community Council works with all our elected members, especially our local Fife Councillors, and we remain a non-party political organisation.
Anti-social behaviour: If a crime may be taking place please inform the police as soon as possible by calling 101 or, if less urgent, reporting via the webform: https://www.scotland.police.uk/secureforms/c3/ In emergency call 999 or 112.
