A community group which wants to buy Kinghorn Loch in Fife has been given money to carry out a feasibility study.

Kinghorn Community Land Association has already registered an interest in 19 plots of land which surround the loch.

It wants to turn it into a facility for local people. Land reform legislation means the group has first refusal on land which is put on the market.

A ballot of residents would be needed to buy any land. Fife Council has awarded £9,610 for the study. More...