LIDL are moving ever closer to starting work on their new supermarket in Rosyth.

They've been ticking off a list of conditions that need to be met before they can begin the development off Admiralty Road, which has been talked about for more than a decade.

Lidl had checked out of the town, scrapping plans for a store in Rosyth last December before performing a u-turn in July and announcing they have purchased the site and aim to open in 2026.

As part of the planning permission, a number of conditions must be satisfied before work can begin and Lidl have now informed Fife Council they've made progress.

A remediation statement, covering ground investigation work, has been produced, wheel cleaning details for construction vehicles has been arranged, a trolley enclosure planned and a lighting scheme proposed.

The new store will bring 40 new jobs and include a bakery, customer toilets, baby changing facilities and plenty of parking.

This is what the new Lidl will look like.This is what the new Lidl will look like. (Image: Lidl) Lidl are also planning to open a new store just up the road in Dunfermline, at the former King Malcolm Hotel site off Queensferry Road.

The former Yard pub on Admiralty Road was flattened to make way for the new store which, after a number of false dawns, will be welcome news for the town when it finally opens.

The plans have proved controversial though and effectively led to the final whistle for local football club, Rosyth FC.

Recreation Park had been their home since 1992 but the council ended their lease to allow for the land to be sold and the new supermarket and houses to be built there.

The deal was that the club would be given a "like-for-like replacement" and they moved out in 2018, with the idea being they would relocate to the Fleet Grounds and become part of a sporting village there.

However they ended up homeless for five years.

The decision to build an £80m replacement for Inverkeithing High School at the Fleet Grounds scuppered any hope that the football team could play there.

It looked like Rosyth FC would be able to share Dunfermline Athletic's new facility - they took over the old civil service club site to turn it into a training ground - but that and a later proposed move to Pitreavie fell through and the club folded in February.