Register your interest in purchasing land or access next to your own home
Use this form if you are looking to purchase land owned by Fife Council for additional garden ground or domestic access.
The land must be immediately adjacent to a residential property that you own.
Cost of application
The fee for this application is £250 and is non-refundable, even if the land is not owned by the Council. Online payment will be requested at the end of this form. Have a credit or debit card ready before starting.
Before starting the form
Please check the Council’s Land Titles and Assets Map that the Council owns the land before starting the form.
You will be asked to upload:
- a sketch, scale drawing or photograph to identify the land
Cost of the land or access
The minimum charge for the purchase of land is £55 per square metre, subject to a minimum charge of £5,000. The price per square metre may alter depending on the proposed use, location, and extent of area sought.
The minimum charge for vehicular access is £10,000 with all other access rights subject to a minimum charge of £5,000.
Where access is required, this may be achieved either by granting access rights or by selling the land over which access is to be taken. Where land is sold solely to provide access, the minimum price for access includes the land required for that access.
You will be responsible for obtaining any statutory consents that may be required including planning permission for example for change of use and in the case of vehicular access, the Council’s consent to construct a vehicular access crossing over a road, path or verge and to lower a kerb (under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984). All statutory permissions must be obtained before access is taken to the subjects. You will be responsible for all costs required to relocate road signs, street lighting, street furniture or other changes required to facilitate the proposed use of the subjects.
The £250 application charge is for consideration of the application. If the application is accepted, there will be the following costs in addition to the charge for the land or access rights:
- Estates fee of £350 to Fife Council to cover Estates’ costs and expenses. (This is in addition to the application fee of £250). Please note in more complex cases, this estates fee may be increased.
- Legal fee – £600 to Fife Council to cover the Council’s legal costs and expenses. Please note in more complex cases an additional contribution to the Council’s legal costs and expenses may be required
. - The Council’s legal outlays including registration dues.
- Your own costs in instructing your solicitor, obtaining any statutory consents (including planning permission for change of use) and implementing the proposal for which land or access rights are being acquired. Note, for vehicular access the costs may include the construction of a dropped kerb and a tarmac or other surface over the access route.
Additional Development Value
Please note that, in some cases, the land may have additional development potential. This may be on its own, together with your property or with additional land in Council ownership. In such cases, an independent valuation of the land will be required and there will be an additional charge for this. You will be advised of this when your application is being considered.
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