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Fife was one of Scotland's historic counties, with a Fife County Council existing from 1890 to 1975. In 1975 Fife became a region with three lower-tier district councils: Dunfermline, Kirkcaldy, and North-East Fife. [6] Fife Regional Council and the three district councils were merged in 1996 to form a single council area, governed by Fife ...
[3] [4] The building was briefly shared with Fife Regional Council until that council moved to Fife House in Glenrothes later in 1975. [5] [6] North-East Fife District Council was abolished in 1996, when Fife Council became the unitary authority for the area, with its headquarters at Glenrothes. Since then, the county buildings have been Fife ...
Fife House, formerly Glenrothes House, is a large office development on North Street in Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland.It was built for Glenrothes Development Corporation in 1969, then became the headquarters of Fife Regional Council from shortly after its formation in 1975 and then became the offices and meeting place of Fife Council in 1996.
The district council was abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc (Scotland) Act 1994, [41] when the region became a unitary council area. The new unitary Fife Council adopted the areas of the former districts as council management areas, and created area committees to represent each.
Work resumed on the building in 1950 and was completed in two separate phases between 1953 and 1956. The town house would serve as the headquarters of Kirkcaldy Town Council from 1956 to 1975 and then Kirkcaldy District Council from 1975 to 1996. Today, the role of the town house is the headquarters of the local area committee of Fife Council.
Glenrothes is the administrative capital of Fife, containing the headquarters of both Fife Council and Police Scotland Fife Division and is a major service centre within the area. Planned in the 1940s, following World War II, as Scotland's second new town [3] its purpose was to generate economic growth and renewal in central Fife.
Kirkcaldy (Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Phàrlain, Scots: Dunfaurlin) was a local government district in the Fife region of Scotland from 1975 to 1996. The district was named after the town of Kirkcaldy but also covered a wider area, including the Fife regional capital of Glenrothes.
Fife Council put forward £2 million to support the reopening, with the costs initially estimated at £28 million. [2] [3] [12] This estimate was later increased to £45–55 million by the end of 2008. [13] [14] SESTRAN conducted a feasibility study and Fife Council declared the project as a top-priority transport project. [3]