Fife Council will tidy up the paperwork for a taxi rank at Queen Margaret Hospital and make it official. 

Councillors at the City of Dunfermline area committee were told that NHS Fife have already painted lines and marked out spaces but the area is not covered or enforceable under an existing traffic regulation order (TRO).

The rank is next to the entrance for the minor injuries unit. 

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Lesley Craig, from the council's traffic management service, explained: "Although the Queen Margaret Hospital campus is privately run by the NHS, we do have a TRO in place for enforcement of all the double yellow lines, bus stops and disabled parking bays in the car park."

She added that they would have to amend the order, at an estimated cost of £2,000, to include the taxi rank.  

Councillor Jean Hall Muir said: "This will be very much appreciated by a lot of people that don't drive or have cars. 

"Hopefully, as part of this greatly improved signage, it will be clearer as to what the ambulance bays are, what are the drop-off zones, what is the taxi rank and and bus stops. 

"It can get quite snarled up there and clear demarcation between the drop-off zones and taxi rank will still be needed."