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TOWN AND VILLAGE PLANS
Tayport Town Plan
See also the Action Plan and paragraphs 1.5, 1.14, 1.25 and 1.50 of the Plan Statement
 
1. Profile
a) Population - 3,886
 
2. The main planning issues are -
a) High demand for new housing and its affordability.
b) Preservation and promotion of the Harbour as a commercial leisure facility.
c) Demand for a new secondary and primary school.
d) Re-development of brownfield sites.
 
Community consultation has raised local concerns about secondary school students commuting daily from the Tay bridgehead to Madras College in St Andrews, and there has been a groundswell of support for a new secondary school to serve the communities in the Tay bridgehead area. The Council is working to create a School Estate Strategy which, in turn, will inform a rolling programme for the future development of school buildings and lead to the identification of education priorities across all of Fife.
 
3. The main Local Plan proposals are -
Housing
Proposals
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reference 		Location Estimated
Capacity
to 2016		 Area (ha) Status
h95 Spears Hill 55* 11.35 LP allocation. See Pr63
h96 North of Spears Hill Road 10 0.48 LP allocation. See Pr63
h97 Glebe North 10 0.35 LP allocation
h98 Glebe South 40 1.52 LP allocation
h99 Sth of Glebe 2 30 1.05 LP allocation
h100 Newport Road 35 1.4 LP allocation. See Pr63
h101 Abertay Works 15 1.18 LP allocation. See Pr62
h102 Links Road 2 10 0.12 LP allocation
h103 Inn Street 4 0.27 Planning permission
*Total capacity is 290 houses; development will continue beyond the Plan period.
Note: see action plan for programming and site details, including the agents likely to implement the proposal.
 
Community Facilities
Proposals
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reference 		Location Type Status/Lead
c21 Cemetery Cemetery extension (see below) LP allocation
Note: see action plan for programming and site details, including the agents likely to implement the proposal.
 
c21 Cemetery Expansion - A site is safeguarded adjacent the existing cemetery for a future cemetery expansion or until an alternative location is identified.
 
Other projects & proposals
Proposals
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reference 		Location Type Status/Lead
b23 Nelson Street Brownfield opportunity site. Preferred use residential Opportunity site
b24 Old Fisherman’s Net Stores Brownfield opportunity site Opportunity site
b25 Old cinema Brownfield opportunity site Opportunity site
Pr61 Harbour See below Fife Council/Tayport Harbour Trust
Pr62 Abertay Works Development brief (see below) Fife Council
Pr63 Spears Hill Development brief and Masterplan (see below) Fife Council
Note: see action plan for programming and site details, including the agents likely to implement the proposal.
 
Other Fife Council Projects & Proposals
Harbour Improvements Proposal Pr61
Fife Council will work in partnership with Tayport Harbour Trust to preserve the Category B Listed harbour, carry out environmental improvements to the harbour area, and promote recreational and other ancillary uses of the harbour.
 
Masterplans / Key Development Briefs
Abertay Works Development Brief Proposal Pr62
Fife Council will produce a revised development brief for the redundant Abertay Works. The brief will set out layout and design requirements for a primarily residential reuse, and will also address how the site's development can best contribute to improved local community facilities.
 
Spears Hill Masterplan Proposal Pr63
Fife Council will produce a masterplan and development brief for the combined developments proposed to the west of Tayport. The brief will cover housing sites h95, h96 and h100. It will address design and layout and phasing of the sites and the landscape impacts on Spears Hill. It will specify how the sites should integrate with the existing settlement and the countryside, identify key transport corridors, and the potential need for new health facilities.
 
Developer Requirements
 
 
 
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