If the application is successful, the home will be built on a 0.62-hectare site adjacent to Bell Baxter High School car park. Mr Gauchan, who owns two residential homes in Kirkcaldy, hopes that building work can begin in June, with completion next February. He said many jobs would be created if the development went ahead, with posts for handymen, administrative staff, nursing and medical staff, chefs and builders. Local businesses, such as butchers and greengrocers, would also benefit. Not everyone is quite so enthusiastic about the imminent arrival of the home though.
Some residents surrounding the proposed site are worried about disturbance from building work.
Elizabeth Walker, who lives opposite, does not think another home is necessary. Every time there is a spare piece of land in Cupar they always put some sort of nursing home or old folk s scheme up. It s ridiculous. They should think about using this land for something that might be more useful. There had also been some confusion about exactly what was being proposed at the site.