{"id":110659,"date":"2025-05-18T03:10:20","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/110659\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T03:10:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T03:10:20","slug":"lochgelly-industrial-units-celebrate-its-coal-mining-heritage-may-2025-news-architecture-in-profile-the-building-environment-in-scotland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/110659\/","title":{"rendered":"Lochgelly industrial units celebrate its coal mining heritage : May 2025 : News : Architecture in profile the building environment in Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>May 16 2025<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanrealm.com\/images\/news\/news_11472.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-urban noopener\" title=\"Lochgelly industrial units celebrate its coal mining heritage\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/d46086d400fd073c5a5bfc161dd32177.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" alt=\"Lochgelly industrial units celebrate its coal mining heritage\" title=\"Lochgelly industrial units celebrate its coal mining heritage\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Proposals for bold, colliery-style industrial units have been proposed for the Fife town of Lochgelly to support the expansion of a local electricity installation service.<\/p>\n<p>Bracewell Stirling Consulting, on behalf of Electricity Asset Services (EAS), has submitted a <a href=\"https:\/\/planning.fife.gov.uk\/online\/applicationDetails.do?activeTab=documents&amp;keyVal=SSRAZ1HFGJW00\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">planning application<\/a> for 0.6ha land north of its current facility. The corten steel build adopts a sawtooth profile and is dominated by a 24m &#8216;colliery&#8217; style tower that also doubles as a wind turbine in a celebration of the area&#8217;s industrial heritage.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Bracewell Stirling told Urban Realm: \u201cThe proposal provides eight industrial units at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/@56.1267295,-3.295207,3a,75y,359.91h,90.15t\/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1suSMJeKAbOKdrdjJ6neUVvw!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fcb_client%3Dmaps_sv.tactile%26w%3D900%26h%3D600%26pitch%3D-0.1523244250113862%26panoid%3DuSMJeKAbOKdrdjJ6neUVvw%26yaw%3D359.9122029274679!7i13312!8i6656?entry=ttu&amp;g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUxMy4xIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Avenue Industrial Estate<\/a>, directly supporting EAS\u2019s ongoing growth in the UK energy sector. Incorporating a dedicated staff breakout space and gym, offering panoramic views of the Lomond and Benarty Hills, the scheme is strategically designed to reinforce EAS\u2019s presence as a key local employer while drawing on Lochgelly\u2019s deep industrial and coal mining heritage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Architecturally, the development thoughtfully blends local history with practicality and modern sustainability goals. The use of Corten steel cladding references the area&#8217;s colliery past, while sawtooth roof profiles not only enhance the industrial aesthetic but also maximise solar gain for PV panels. A distinctive colliery-style tower is designed to accommodate a vertical axis wind turbine, further underlining EAS\u2019s commitment to renewable energy in a manner that is of its place.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A car park, HGV yard, and a large storage shed are also proposed as part of the development.\u00a0<\/p>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanrealm.com\/images\/news\/newspic_13175.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-urban noopener\" title=\"One unit will be reserved for a 284m2 staff breakout area &amp; gym, with open aspects to the Lomond Hills &amp; Benarty Hill\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/41bf1c90c5bef925bb4f0b077c56ae56.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"180\" height=\"160\" alt=\"One unit will be reserved for a 284m2 staff breakout area &amp; gym, with open aspects to the Lomond Hills &amp; Benarty Hill\" title=\"One unit will be reserved for a 284m2 staff breakout area &amp; gym, with open aspects to the Lomond Hills &amp; Benarty Hill\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>One unit will be reserved for a 284m2 staff breakout area &amp; gym, with open aspects to the Lomond Hills &amp; Benarty Hill<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.urbanrealm.com\/images\/news\/newspic_13174.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox-urban noopener\" title=\"The sawtooth roof profile lends itself to the installation of solar panels\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1bb8c20afbc0ead7f355e62b64f3ab80.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"180\" height=\"160\" alt=\"The sawtooth roof profile lends itself to the installation of solar panels\" title=\"The sawtooth roof profile lends itself to the installation of solar panels\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>The sawtooth roof profile lends itself to the installation of solar panels<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<br clear=\"all\" \/>\t\t<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"May 16 2025 Proposals for bold, colliery-style industrial units have been proposed for the Fife town of Lochgelly&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110660,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3939],"tags":[7530,4021,4020,748,4022,77,50186,13065,12,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-110659","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arts-and-design","8":"tag-architecture-in-the-uk","9":"tag-arts","10":"tag-arts-and-design","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-design","13":"tag-entertainment","14":"tag-lochgelly-industrial-units-celebrate-its-coal-mining-heritage","15":"tag-may-2025","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114526645456883530","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110659","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110660"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}