Fife company bidding to develop estate into luxury ‘micro-resort’

A Fife company has submitted plans to create what it belie ves will become “Scotland’s finest hospitality experience” at Peat Inn.

Ha w k s w o o d Resort De velopment Limited wants to develop a luxury “micro- resort” on the Ha w k s w o o d Country Estate, complete with a new five-star restaurant/ bistro boasting its own helicopter landing pad.

Hawkswood Country Estate, a 10-minute drive away from St Andrews, already offers self-catering accommodation and a small driving range and golf facilities.

Plans are in place for a further four holiday homes, three tree houses with glass atriums and elevators, and a private golf course on 15 acres of recently purchased land.

The restaurant will be open to the public and guests of the estate and will include an outdoor

seating patio area 47-space car park.

John Ainscough, owner of Hawkswood, who has trained as a chef, said: “It’s going to be very much a five-star experience – it’s what we do here.

“There will be a lot of homemade good s prepared and baked on site and our food will be fork to plate within a fivemile radius.”

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Documents submitted alongside the planning application note that 70% of the resort’s guests in the summer months are from overseas, with H a w k s w o o d a c c omm o d a t i n g “discerning and welltravelled people with high expectations”.

Councillors are expected to consider the restaurant plans in due course.

Hawkswood Country Estate at Peat Inn.