Planning application
Former Bakers Merchant Place Mitchelston Industrial Estate Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3NJ
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Change of use from industrial building (Class 5) to gymnasium (Class 11)
As published by the council, reference 25/02769/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02769/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Refused As published: Application Refused
- Received
- 7 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 7 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 13 Mar 2026
- Ward
- Kirkcaldy East
- Parish
- East Kirkcaldy (No CC)
- Decision by
- Delegated - Local Developments
- Postcode
- KY1 3NJ
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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7 Oct 2025
Received by Fife
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7 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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13 Mar 2026
Decision issued: Application Refused
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13 Aug 2026
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JJF Planning Agent, a planning consultancy registered in Kirkcaldy
Active · incorporated 2025 · Kirkcaldy
21 applications on PlanIndex · 61% granted
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Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 23/01944/FULL - That BEFORE ANY WORKS START ON SITE, the developer shall institute an accurate survey to be carried out by a qualified arboriculturist of all trees existing on the site and all trees adjacent to or overhanging the site and submit details of those trees proposed to be felled or lopped and those to be retained. The survey shall contain details of the position, canopy spread, bole diameters, health, size and species of all trees within the curtilage of the site. No trees shall be felled, topped, lopped or have roots cut or damaged without the prior written approval of this Planning Authority
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Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 23/01944/FULL - PRIOR TO WORKS BEGINNING ON SITE Details of the proposed SUDS and drainage infrastructure proposed shall be submitted to the Planning Authority and approved in consultation with Structural Services. The approved SUDS and drainage infrastructure is to be installed contemporaneously with the build out of the development hereby approved and shall be fully operational prior to operation of the unit unless otherwise agreed in writing. Thereafter the SUDS and drainage infrastructure shall be retained and maintained for the lifetime of the development.
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Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 23/01944/FULL - NO BUILDING SHALL BE OCCUPIED UNTIL remedial action at the site has been completed in accordance with the Remedial Action Statement approved pursuant to condition 5. In the event that remedial action is unable to proceed in accordance with the approved Remedial Action Statement - or contamination not previously considered in either the Preliminary Risk Assessment or the Intrusive Investigation Report is identified or encountered on site - all development work on site (save for site investigation work) shall cease immediately and the planning authority shall be notified in writing within 2 working days. Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the local planning authority, development works shall not recommence until proposed revisions to the Remedial Action Statement have been submitted by the developer to and approved in writing by the planning authority. Remedial action at the site shall thereafter be completed in accordance with the approved revised Remedial Action Statement. Following completion of any measures identified in the approved Remedial Action Statement - or any approved revised Remedial Action Statement - a Verification Report shall be submitted by the developer to the local planning authority. Unless otherwise agreed in writing with the planning authority, no part of the site shall be brought into use until such time as the remedial measures for the whole site have been completed in accordance with the approved Remedial Action Statement - or the approved revised Remedial Action Statement - and a Verification Report in respect of those remedial measures has been submitted to and approved in writing by the local planning authority.
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