Plans submitted for Fife former paper mill

Plans to build a major new housing development on the former Tullis Russell Paper Mill site – estimated to deliver a £42.5 million boost for Glenrothes – have been submitted to Fife Council.

Town planners and designers Barton Willmore have submitted an application on behalf of Advance Construction (GD) centred on a residential-led mixed use masterplan, including up to 850 new homes.

It is estimated that the project, located between Glenrothes and Markinch, will create up to 450 jobs and work for about 300 builders during the ten-year build programme.

Colin Lavety, planning director for Barton Willmore in Scotland, said the project “will regenerate a high-profile site, which has been left vacant since the former Tullis Russell Paper Mill site was closed, creating a desirable, attractive and highly sustainable place to live and work”.

Tullis Russell went into administration in 2015.