Scarborough Muir Group, owners of Queensferry One – a 120 acre development in Rosyth – is disappointed that the Rosyth Waterfront Development Framework put forward by Fife Council planning officials has been agreed by the South and West Fife Area Committee.
William McAlister, Property Director at Scarborough Muir Group, said:
“We believe that a number of fundamental steps had been missed in reaching the stage that a Development Framework was put before the committee, namely the commissioning of a comprehensive development framework master planning exercise and public consultation. Both are standard practices in a development of this scale but our representations to the planning officials were ignored.
“It is one thing to draft a Development Framework in isolation. It is quite another to ensure it is commercially viable and that it has the interests and aspirations of the community, the Council and the majority landowner at heart.”
“Despite another setback caused by Fife Council, we remain very much committed to the comprehensive development of Rosyth Waterfront.”
Fife Council had been instructed by Scottish Ministers to produce a Rosyth Waterfront Development Framework to coordinate the range of sites and uses at this strategic location. The meeting of the South and West Fife Area Committee held today approved the Framework put forward by planning officials.