Plans for up to 550 new houses at Rosyth's Castlandhill

Alfred Stewart Property Foundation (ASPF) has outlined plans for a mixed use development, which also includes tourism / leisure uses and a public woodland park, on farmland west of the M90 motorway.

And members of the project team will be at two public meetings in the Parkgate Centre, on Thursday February 15 and Sunday April 14, to answer questions and explain what they want to do.

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The indicative plans for just under 45 hectares of the site show a proposed road through it, a route for the Pilgrims Way walking route, pedestrian and cycle paths, public open space, play area, 'green infrastructure', a landscape buffer and a sustainable urban drainage system (SUDS).

ASPF, named after the late businessman Alf Stewart, has submitted a proposal of application notice to Fife Council which gives them a 12 week consultation period before more detailed plans can be submitted.

The first drop-in meeting at the Parkgate Centre will run from 1.30pm to 6pm.

ASPF has been run by a judicial factor, Aver chartered accountants, since 2015 due to concerns about misconduct from the trustees in charge of it.

It owns buildings and parcels of land around West Fife and has recently revived plans to build houses between Crossford and Cairneyhill, and put the Erskine Building, a former church on Pilmuir Street in Dunfermline, up for auction on February 22.

There are plans to build hundreds of houses on farmland at Castlandhill in Rosyth. (Image: Google Maps)

Back in 2022 it revealed plans for a 'Northern Gateway' project on the Castlandhill site.

The talk then was for up to 200 homes, an hotel and a new Queensferry Country Park, a huge 113-acre ‘legacy’ park.

Some elements of this could still be on the cards as there is a "future development area" to the south, which could incorporate a second phase.

The stated aims were to boost the economy by attracting visitors and investment into the self-styled ‘Forth Fife’ area.

Documents submitted to the council last month said ASPF is now looking at a mixed use development of between 500 and 550 homes, including affordable housing, tourism / leisure uses and a public woodland park.

It said that, following discussions with the local authority "the original masterplan has been reconsidered" and it is now aiming to go ahead with a phase one residential development which will include public footpaths and open space.

Back in February 2022 ASPF had submitted an environmental impact assessment (EIA) screening request to the council for “residential, leisure and woodland development”.

The local authority confirmed an EIA would not be required but further details would be needed on issues such as the impact on transportation, landscape and visual impact, drainage and flooding, noise and vibration, air quality and odour.