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Planning permission should be sought from the local council under Scots law, with the law stipulating that development of any kind – new build projects, engineering works, mining, or other operations conducted above or below ground in Scotland – is subject to planning permission. Planning permission is not required for any work an ...
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 ...
The non-metropolitan county councils (where they exist) are the planning authorities for minerals, waste and their own developments, such as most schools, care homes, fire stations and highways. The Mayor of London has the right to become the local planning authority for individual applications already submitted to a local planning authority. [4]
Each council provides public services, including education, social care, waste management, libraries and planning. [1] Councils receive the majority of their funding from the Scottish Government , but operate independently and are accountable to their local electorates. [ 2 ]
This is a list of Category A listed buildings in the Fife council area in east-central Scotland.. In Scotland, the term listed building refers to a building or other structure officially designated as being of "special architectural or historic interest". [1]
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.
The building was the headquarters of the royal burgh of Dunfermline until it was replaced by Dunfermline District under the wider Fife Regional Council in May 1975. [7] [8] The building ceased to be a seat of government after the district council was abolished in 1996, under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994. [9]
Similar boundaries as those of Kirkcaldy district have since been re-used as 'Mid Fife' or 'Central Fife' for some purposes such as local economic planning and policing, [5] although Glenrothes and Kirkcaldy are often split into separate controlling entities owing to their size, with settlements further west around Cowdenbeath incorporated to ...