SITE works for the £600 million western expansion of Dunfermline could begin next year, developers have confirmed. More than 2,000 houses and two primary schools are to be built on Lord Elgin’s land as part of plans but progress has been slowed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The team at Stirling Developments are currently working towards a planning application for the first phase of development at Broomhall and say plans are progressing but admitted albeit more slowly than they had anticipated. Planning permission in principle was granted by Fife Council in December 2018 and, at that time, the applicant said they had hoped to start work on the site, which is a sprawling 223 hectares in size, in 2020.