West Fife residents will be consulted about potential flight path changes which could impact noise and pollution levels.

Edinburgh Airport plan to conduct an Air Space Change consultation at the end of November, and it’s expected to last 14 weeks.

Previous proposals failed to get off the ground out due to the impact of Covid 19 on the aviation industry.

The Civil Aviation Authority had rejected the airport's plans in October 2018 because differences between the consultation and the final proposals were “too significant”.

The plans had sparked concerns that West Fife communities could experience increased levels of noise and pollution due to overhead flights.

Inverkeithing and Dalgety Bay councillor David Barratt said: “I’m a little bit more optimistic than I was last time, because they do sound like they have been willing to compromise and are now looking genuinely at flight paths further down the Forth.

“The issue before was that they were turning too soon and flying over communities rather than flying out over the Forth and turning at a higher altitude.

“It’ll be a case of seeing the proposals when they’re published in November and making the arguments about not overflying sensitive areas such as communities and primary schools.”

The details of proposed changes have not yet been revealed and will be informed by the consultation results.

A spokesperson for Edinburgh Airport said: “We’re fully engaged in the process to modernise the skies above the airport, and we are currently working through a number of proposals with the Civil Aviation Authority.

“We will take these proposals to public consultation in due course, and this will help shape our final proposal.”