The Burntisland Local Place Plan 2024 has now been accepted and validated by Fife Council.

You can read and download a pdf copy of the document by clicking the tab on the right. It runs to 50 pages with photos, maps, charts and graphs so we don't advise you print it!

It sets out 31 policies under four headings: Countryside, Town, Coast (including tourism), and Connections. It has been developed by Royal Burgh of Burntisland Community Council with the support of Burntisland Community Development Trust. It is based on various guidance outlined in the document, and the views expressed in our community consultation. We thank everyone who contributed their time, views and ideas.

The details of the consultation process are included in the LPP document.

You can read more about Local Place Plans on the Fife Council website: https://www.fife.gov.uk/kb/docs/articles/have-your-say2/community-planning/local-place-plans

Local Place Plans (LPPs) were introduced by the Scottish Government Planning (Scotland) Act 2019 with the aim of enhancing engagement in development planning, and empowering communities to play a proactive role in defining the future of their places. They are community-led plans setting out proposals for the development and use of land. LPPs form part of the Scottish Government Planning Framework. Once registered by the planning authority (e.g. Fife Council), they are to be taken into account in the preparation of the next Local Development Plan (LDP). Local Place Plans relate to development and the use of land. By submitting a Burntisland LPP to Fife Council, we have given local residents an opportunity to influence the Fife Council LDP for 2027 onwards.

Unlike the CAP, Fife Council Planners MUST consider what is written in a LPP - but that does not mean that a LPP overrides other Fife Council priorities, nor that ideas in a LPP will be agreed by Fife Council.

Where our CAP says what we like, don't like, and want to see changed in Burntisland, it is very broad. It includes ideas on service provision.

A LPP is a document focussed on 'spatial' issues i.e. on how we use the land. It reflects what and where the people of Burntisland said they wanted and did not want development, and what type of development they preferred. Development doesn't just mean buildings; it includes paths, woodland, signage, infrastructure etc.

Our Community Council area includes not just the town of Burntisland, but also the surrounding countryside. This includes farmland, and industrial and commercial use e.g. quarries, solar arrays, waterworks, transmitters etc. Forth Ports, as part of their Green Freeport proposals, includes floating wind turbines off shore and some new harbour infrastructure. Unfortunately, the Forth Green Freeport consortium says it is as yet, unable to provide us with further details on proposals at this stage.