Skip to content
PlanIndex Get alerts
Menu

Planning application

Westfield O C C S Fife

Granted Fife 18/02342/NMV8 Non-Material Variation

Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.

Proposal

Application for the approval of Matters Specified in Conditions - Condition 2 plus the discharge of Conditions 10 (Datum Point), 13 (Landscaping) and 18 (Noise Assessment), solely in relation to the Energy Recovery Facility (and associated Auxiliary Energy Centre) component of the Westfield Restoration and Regeneration Project, as approved in principle under permission reference: 16/03661/EIA (Non-Material Variation to Incorporate design changes to the consented elevation drawings to planning permission 18/02342/ARC) (Payment Reference FRM-10016869)

As published by the council, reference 18/02342/NMV8

Application record

Reference
18/02342/NMV8
Type
Non-Material Variation
Status
Decided
Decision
Granted As published: Application Permitted - no conditions
Received
30 Mar 2026
Validated
30 Mar 2026
Decided
23 Jun 2026
Ward
Glenrothes West And Kinglassie
Parish
Kinglassie
Decision by
Delegated - Other Consents

Site history

Applications at this address on the Fife register

This site has had 16 applications since 2022: 12 approved, 0 refused.

  • 25/02363/CND002 Awaiting decision

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/02363/FULL - Contaminated Land Survey

    Submitted 24 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 25/02363/CND006 Awaiting decision

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/02363/FULL - SUDS

    Submitted 24 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 25/02363/CND005 Awaiting decision

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/02363/FULL - Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)

    Submitted 24 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 26/00450/FULL Granted

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Planning permission in principle for restoration and development of former opencast site including power generation/storage; waste recovery/recycling; employment uses (Class 4 (light industry only) with ancillary office space, Class 5 and 6); rail off-loading facility, glass houses and other associated infrastructure (Section 42 application to vary condition 28 of 16/03661/EIA)

    Decided 5 May 2026 Full applications
  • 26/00449/FULL Granted

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Application for the approval of Matters Specified in Conditions - Condition 2 plus the discharge of Conditions 10 (Datum Point), 13 (Landscaping) and 18 (Noise Assessment), solely in relation to the Energy Recovery Facility (and associated Auxiliary Energy Centre) component of the Westfield Restoration and Regeneration Project, as approved in principle under permission reference: 16/03661/EIA. (Section 42 application to vary condition 13 of 18/02342/ARC)

    Decided 5 May 2026 Full applications
  • 25/03430/SCR Decided

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    EIA Screening Opinion for proposed amendment to delivery days and times for waste feedstock into existing Westfield Energy Recovery Facility at the Former Westfield Opencast Coal Site

    Decided 15 Jan 2026 Outline
  • 25/02363/FULL Granted

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Construction of a Terrestrial Solar Farm and Associated Development (Section 42 application to vary condition 10 (landscaping) of 22/02880/FULL)

    Decided 27 Nov 2025 Full applications
  • 18/02342/NMV6 Granted

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Application for the approval of Matters Specified in Conditions - Condition 2 plus the discharge of Conditions 10 (Datum Point), 13 (Landscaping) and 18 (Noise Assessment), solely in relation to the Energy Recovery Facility (and associated Auxiliary Energy Centre) component of the Westfield Restoration and Regeneration Project, as approved in principle under permission reference: 16/03661/EIA (Non-Material Variation to 18/02342/ARC for design amendments)

    Decided 5 Apr 2024 Conditions
  • 22/02880/CND005 Granted

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 22/02880/FULL - PRIOR TO ANY WORK COMMENCING ON THIS SITE/PHASE, a phase-specific Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) shall be submitted to and approved by Fife Council as planning authority. The CEMP shall include: i) A Construction Traffic Management Plan, which shall: - specify the type and number of vehicles expected to be using the site on a regular basis; - specify the vehicle delivery hours and the means for ensuring that delivery vehicles comply with those hours; - provide details of the construction compound(s); - provide for the parking and manoeuvring of vehicles of site operatives and visitors; - provide for the loading and unloading of plant and materials; - provide for the storage of plant and materials used in constructing the development; - specify off site construction vehicle routing and effects of the routing on the road network in terms of road closures etc; - specify any stopping up of public footways/public parking bays or area of the road network itself; - specify details of supporting staff/operative travel management initiatives; and - specify details for the management of and procedures for the delivery of abnormal loads. ii) Ecology: A scheme (including a Species Protection Plan) to minimise, mitigate and monitor potential impacts on ecological/ ornithological interests during construction of the phase shall be implemented in accordance with the construction related ecological mitigation measures contained in the Environmental Statement (Chapter 6 - Ecology and Nature Conservation and Appendix 13.1 - Summary of Mitigation Measures) of approved associated application 16/03661/EIA. Details of the findings of updated pre-start species surveys, along with details of any mitigation requirements and design changes, must be provided to Fife Council as planning authority in advance of work commencing on the phase.

    Decided 15 Nov 2023 Conditions
  • 16/03661/CND019 Granted

    Westfield O C C S Fife

    Compliance with Condition 19 of Planning Permission 16/03661/EIA - Prior to any work commencing on each phase of the development, as set out in the approved Phasing Plan, details of the proposed external lighting (including the proposed light spillage zones) shall be submitted to and approved in writing by this Planning Authority.

    Decided 15 Nov 2023 Conditions

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 30 Mar 2026

    Received by Fife

  2. 23 Jun 2026

    Decision issued: Application Permitted - no conditions

  3. 28 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

Cases linked to this one on the register

  • Application: 18/02342/ARC (Decided)

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

4 documents on file for this application

  • APPROVED Decision · 23 Jun 2026
  • 01 - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS Approved · 30 Mar 2026

Watch members (£5 a month) open the document list from here.

Open the documents

What this grant of permission means

Fife granted permission on 23 June 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

About condition discharge and variation applications

This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.

In Fife

  • 23/00973/NMV1 Granted

    Craiglea Cottage Ladeddie Farm Ladeddie Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5TY

    Two single storey extensions to rear of dwellinghouse, and one single storey to front (Non-Material Variation to raise the roof ridge line of the extension by approximately 0.40 m to accommodate structural steelwork to planning permission 23/00973/FULL)

    Received 16 Sep, published by the council 4 Oct 2026 Conditions
  • 25/01897/NMV1 Granted

    Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ

    Conservation and adaptive reuse of the former Madras College building to create a new academic college (Class 10 Non-residential institutions), including restoration works to listed buildings, enclosure of quadrangle, extension of listed building, public realm improvements, landscaping, and associated works (Non-Material Variation to Various changes proposed in line with discussions with Fife Council officers to planning permission 25/01897/FULL)

    Received 7 Sep, published by the council 16 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 24/01208/NMV2 Granted

    The Old Schoolhouse School Row Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB

    Alterations and extension to dwelling, including merging of the Cottage and Old Schoolhouse, erection of single storey extension, new roof to existing conservatory, installation of replacement windows, doors and rooflights (Non-Material Variation from application 24/01208/FULL to a slight tweak to glazing layout to revert to original approved layout)

    Received 3 Sep, published by the council 9 Sep 2026 Conditions
  • 25/02805/CND002 Withdrawn

    Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB

    Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/02805/LBC -Lighting feature

    Received 16 Jun, published by the council 18 Aug 2026 Conditions
  • 25/02805/CND003 Withdrawn

    Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB

    Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/02805/LBC -Lighting feature

    Received 16 Jun, published by the council 28 Jul 2026 Conditions