Applicant: Fife Council

Total project cost: £1,088,496

LRP funding award: £683,496

Project aims

• Creation of serviced and accessible site to enable development of Class 4, 5 and 6 business units for lease or sale

Project benefits

• 1.05Ha of land turned from vacant and derelict to employment land
• Lever £4-£5m private sector investment
• Up to 57 direct FT jobs and 114 indirect FT jobs
• Creation of sustainably accessible employment land served by Levenmouth Active Travel Network and bus services

Applicant: CLEAR Buckhaven and Methil

Total project cost: £287,852

LRP funding award: £178,345

Project aims

• Planting and environmental improvements along key corridors in Methil and Buckhaven linking to River Leven.
• Seating areas, small scale public art
• Community engagement

Project benefits

• Biodiversity enhancements
• Volunteering opportunities
• Public ownership
• Enhancing active travel links to Cameron station
• Improving health through active travel
• Conservation

Applicant: Fife Employment Access Trust

Total project cost: £8,464,088

LRP funding award: £500,000

Project aims

• Silverburn Flax Mill restoration
• Provide a tourist information hub, hostel, café and shop
• Training facilities
• Community engagement

Project benefits

• Visitor attraction on Coastal Path
• Volunteering opportunities
• Employment
• Enhancing active travel links to Cameron station
• Improving health and wellbeing
• Rural skills

Applicant: Fife Council

Total project cost: £189,401

LRP funding award: £43,754

Project aims

• Create a ‘state of the art’ pump track with floodlighting

Project benefits

• Visitor attraction particularly for young people
• Visitors will use Levenmouth Rail to access the pump track
• Estimated 350 users per month

Applicant: Community Trade Hub

Total project cost: £269,400

LRP funding award: £202,050

Project aims

• Training programme for young people bridging the gap from education to work
• Local environment improvements carried out through training programme.

Project benefits

• Improve young peoples’ skills
• Increase employment opportunities
• Reduce antisocial behaviour

Applicant: Fife Council

Total project cost: £2,281,000

LRP funding award: £714,253

Project aims

• Build 7 business units

Project benefits

• Helping to create and sustain jobs
• Site is easily accessible from Cameron Bridge Rail Station through active travel network

Applicant: Fife Council

Total project cost: £6,400,000

LRP funding award: £1,747,046 over three years

Project aims

• Connect the communities of Levenmouth with essential services, employment areas, education facilities, leisure facilities and new rail stations

Project benefits

• New bus services serving all communities in Levenmouth and enabling connections to rail services for full duration of rail timetable
• Improved opportunities for travelling around Levenmouth by public transport
• Reduces reliance on private car transport
• Increases mode share to sustainable transport for residents and visitors

Applicant: Levenmouth Local Tourism Association

Total project cost: £77,820

LRP funding award: £58,365

Project aims

• Installation of a series of interpretation boards, signs, and displays around Levenmouth to both inform and entertain visitors to the area.

Project benefits

• Will be part of tourist offering for Levenmouth, with access by rail promoted as part of overall project promotion. Sites will lend themselves to people traveling between stations.
• Community led project will ensure it meets local people’s aspirations to see improvements in their area as part of the new rail line.
• Project led by local groups and businesses, using local resources to deliver Interpretation landmarks and trails ideally suited to rail users and active travel.
• Will create public art with a strong local theme and relevance.

Applicant: Fife Council

Total project cost: £335,000

LRP funding award: £252,000

Project aims

• Installation of a new state of the art skatepark on the site of the original park, including provision of streetlighting.
• Promotion and management of new skate park, encouraging use by local people and visitors and promoting events at park.

Project benefits

• Facility will be open 24/7 and free to use.
• Already popular so enhanced and improved facility will be more accessible, suit a wider range of users, including users with mobility issues, and will appeal to users from outwith Levenmouth Improves physical and mental health.
• Strong local support for project.
• Enhances Promenade area and provides another good attraction for Leven.

Applicant: Fife Heritage Railway

Total project cost: £480,000

LRP funding award: £360,000

Project aims

• Installation of a new steel framed and clad building on Heritage Rail site for public display and access to trains, train restoration and storage.
• Key facility identified in Business Plan for site enhancing visitor facilities, quality of destination and experience.

Project benefits

• Key offering in Levenmouth in terms of tackling skills gaps, developing young people, providing opportunities for all ages and abilities for leisure and social interaction.
• Project is part of overall development plan for the Heritage Railway, including the use of the new former site offices, bringing other LRP partners into the area, increasing activity in this area and linking in with active travel network.
• Enables a popular local attraction to develop into a high quality destination.