Plan to demolish Kirkcaldy community centre unveiled

Plans to demolish a Kirkcaldy community centre have been unveiled by Fife Council.

There is no formal start date, but the local authority has put forward a “prior notification for demolition” application on the local planning portal.

In October, the council revealed plans to demolish Argos Youth Centre at the Templehall Community Hub.

Now, plans to take down the main community centre have been unveiled.

The latest move is part of a major £15m redevelopment of the local community centre.

“The existing Templehall Community Centre is to be demolished as a new build facility is to be provided,” planning papers said.

Once it begins, the demolition is expected to take approximately 22 weeks, but the official start date is subject to planning approval and warrants being in place.

A spokesperson from Fife Council previously said a full planning application for the new hub is expected sometime in November, with a view to it being operational in Spring 2026.

“The new Templehall Community Hub building will be built on the site of the former Argos Centre, at Appin Crescent. The new Community Hub building is subject to a separate planning application,” planning papers explained.

Last November, Cabinet Committee councillors unanimously approved the long-anticipated redevelopment of Templehall buildings with what they called “ one of the most ambitious” community initiatives ever realised in Fife.

The redevelopment aims to merge the existing “disparate rundown local facilities” into a single, modern space on the site of the existing Argos Centre.

The innovative one-stop-shop will eventually house the local office; the current Argos Centre facilities; the Templehall Library, which will be operated by Fife Cultural Trust; a computer room; a café area with outside seating; as well as the main hall and various spaces for fitness and leisure activities and a new multi use games area outside.

The hub is being built by BAM contractors, which has delivered several secondary schools in the region, including Windmill Community Campus in Kirkcaldy.

Council planners will consider the demolition plan and make a decision in due course.