Blue alert! Bluebells on their way – and earlier than last year…

The Woodland Trust is calling for the public to find their nearest wood and record the first appearance of native bluebells, as it tracks the arrival: http://www.naturescalendar.org.uk/map/current.htm?rsid=164&reid=3&ry=2012&rs=S of the flowers across the country this spring. The conservation [...]

Corporate Hospitality from Mossmorran

It emerged at the Lochgelly Community Council meeting for March, that Mossmorran has been offering and providing gifts and events, to community representatives that serve on the Mossmorran Community Liaison Group. This may also extend to local representatives that serve on other Mossmorran [...]

Share your local News & Views

We are making a call to members of the local community who would like to create and share their local news and views about Lochgelly and the surrounding areas. There are many local issues within the Lochgelly area, and many positive and negative developments and news, but due to time [...]

Homemade Dandelion Cordial

If your looking at trying something new and cheap this week why not make the most of the abundance of Dandelions growing about us in Lochgelly. Here is a really easy recipe to try and it makes for an amazing alternative to squash. Ingredients: As many Dandelion heads as you can get, [...]

Lomond Homes

Keeping track of Lomond Homes developments in the Lochgelly area and details about their Section 75 agreements.

Community Council – December Meeting

4 months ago

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The Community Council held their monthly meeting on the 14th December at 7:00pm, after the Citizen and Young Citizen of the Year ceremony. None of the local councillors were present and apologies were received from Community Councillor James Haddow, in attendance was a Community Police Officer from [...]

Lomond Homes seek changes to Section 75

8 months ago

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Since starting this site in 2010, we have been actively monitoring the work of Lomond Homes Ltd (and now Lomond the Avenues Ltd) with particular concern over the ongoing non-payment of their section 75 agreement for the New Farm Vales Development. So far we have learned that Lomond Homes Ltd have [...]

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Playing Catch-up with Lomond Homes

8 months ago

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Back in June, the 8th to be precise, the Lomond Group contacted the Lochgelly Community Council concerning the building proposal for the Avenue. SUBJECT: Proposal of Application Notice: Proposed Residential Development, The Avenue, Lochgelly In accordance with the provisions of planning [...]

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Lomond Homes – Living The Difference

9 months ago

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This article is republished from the magazine Lomond Homes are responsible for the New Farm Vale development after receiving planning permission from Fife Council to build this housing development. Permission for planning was granted after Lomond Homes signed a Section 75 Agreement, which is a [...]

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Lomond Homes or Lomond Avenues?

11 months ago

by Lochgelly | Views 1069

We have just had an interesting chat with someone about Lomond Homes and the development soon to be proposed at the Avenue. Lomond Homes Ltd which is located at: Unit 1, Lomond Business Park, Glenrothes Fife, KY6 2PJ also shares the same address as a newly formed company named Lomond The Avenues [...]

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Lomond Homes – Section 75 (again)

1 year ago

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We have made a 2nd Freedom of Information request to Fife Council regarding Lomond Homes making payment to the council under the section 75 agreement for the New Farm Vales development. We published an earlier article about the agreement and the response from Fife Council – View Article. We asked [...]

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Lomond Homes – Section 75 Agreement (update)

1 year ago

by Lochgelly | Views 4354

One of our very first posts on this site was about the Section 75 Agreement that Lomond Homes entered into for the development of New Farm Vales. This agreement is usually a binding agreement between the developer and the local authority which lays certain obligations on the developer for the use [...]

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Lomond Homes – Community Heartache

1 year ago

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We have been forwarded an interesting email with regards to Lomond Homes by the Historic Falkland Action Group. For regular visitors to the site, Lomond Homes have been featured on the site before, and most recently with regards to the New Farm Vale Development. The latest article on Lomond Homes [...]

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Grace Street Residents Meeting Notes

1 year ago

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Admin Note: JUMP TO COMMENTS FC – Fife Council MH – Mark Hood Ownership of land at the Jubilee Park in Lochgelly Advice and comments from Andrew Ferguson FC Lawyer ‘The land was sold for £1 in 1964 to Lochgelly Burgh Council. There’s no specific dedication in the title deeds to any [...]

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Protest over Pathway

1 year ago

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Yesterday on the 8th July 2010 a small protest was held against Lomond Homes decision to create a pathway for the New Farm Vale residents going into Grace Street, a privately owned road. Residents from Grace Street had a sit down protest at the pathway, as they are angered the pathway is being [...]

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