HOUSING developer Muir Homes has lodged fresh plans to build in Dalgety Bay – just over a year after seeing initial proposals rejected.

The Inverkeithing-based housebuilder wants permission to build 46 new homes on a 1.79-hectare site in Donibristle industrial estate.

Plans for 47 homes, including four flats, were knocked back in March 2015, as the development was contrary to several Local Plan and council policies.

Muir Homes then submitted a proposal for application notice for the Fulmar Way development in November, and held a public exhibition at Dalgety Bay Library in February.

Its newest plans have already attracted a number of objections. Residents also fear that comments made on the previously refused plans will not be taken into account for the new application.

In August, the Press told you how furious residents in Otterston Grove said they felt “spied on” after Muir Homes commissioned a private firm to attach surveillance equipment as part of a traffic survey before submitting a fresh application.

Homeowners said they had not been notified about the cameras and had been led to believe the survey was being conducted by Fife Council.

Muir Homes' latest design statement highlighted that the site could be “easily integrated with the adjacent existing neighbourhoods by the provision of a new connection with Otterston Grove”.

It added that there would be a “landscaped acoustic barrier” along the northern and eastern of the development to cut down noise from the industrial estate.

The statement concluded: “This site represents an excellent opportunity to provide a broad range of necessary family housing within an area already suited to this type of development.

“The new neighbourhood provides the potential to reinforce the landscape along Fulmar Way and litigate against potential noise.

“There is also an opportunity to further integrate adjacent footpaths and cycleways into the existing settlement and provide pedestrian links to Asda, the railway station and beyond.

“The development of the site would also improve the quality of the existing open space, opening it up and extending it with the proposed open space.

“This would enable access by the wider community creating a friendly, secure amenity space for the neighbourhood as a whole.”