NHS Fife objects to opening of new off-licences

NHS Fife have raised objections for the first time over off licences being granted to -wo new businesses.

Iceland and Marks & Spencer’s supermarkets applied for off-licences for their new shops opening at the site of the former CISWO in Glenrothes. There is an ongoing consultation to restrict new off-licences in Kirkcaldy, Cowdenbeath and Levenmouth for the next five years due to data linking poverty and over consumption of alcohol.

NHS Fife has said Glenrothes already has an “over provision” of off-licence premises.