AN old waste management depot in Dunfermline is set to provide a "high density housing solution" for Fife Council.
Plans have been submitted for 44 affordable homes on the vacant brownfield site on Elgin Street.
The council have teamed up with Campion Homes and, if approved, there will be 18 flats and 26 houses built for social rent.
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A supporting statement said: "The proposed development will provide 44 affordable houses for young people, families and the elderly in an attractive, edge of city centre location."
Oliver and Robb Architects have designed the mews development which includes a combination of family homes, flatted apartments and amenity bungalows, ranging from single storey to three storeys, and 79 parking spaces.
The army reserve centre is to the north of the site, Nethertown Bowling Club is to the east and to the south is the Grange Bridge, a category C listed structure that carries the Fife Circle railway line over the Lyne Burn.
The applicants said that the site itself is "not directly defended" by the controversial £35m Dunfermline Flood Prevention Scheme but added that it is "not considered to be at significant risk of flooding".
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The council previously outlined plans to get rid of four depots in Dunfermline and bring together services under one roof at an £8.4 million 'super depot' in Halbeath.
Formerly a waste management site, the plot at Elgin Street is just under four acres in size and was cleared ready for redevelopment.
It is a "safeguarded employment area" but the council have decided to develop it for housing after marketing the site for a "considerable period of time without success".
The supporting statement concluded: "Due to its central location within the city, the site's potential for housing would provide a connected, walk-able and sustainable environment which can also contribute to Fife Council’s affordable housing requirements and targets."
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