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pressure. The proposed housing allocations will impact on schoolcapacities and further public consultation will be undertaken if the LocalPlan is amended. Where 1,000 or more houses are proposed in onelocation the Local Plan sets out requirements for a new primary schoolto be provided. In the event that this is not needed due to capacity inother schools, this requirement will not be pursued. In cases wherethere is a need for developers to provide a new school or to make acontribution towards education infrastructure, these are identified in theSettlement Plans in the Local Plan. This approach is consistent withthe School Estate Strategy.101. There is also a need to explore options to provide a replacementfor Madras College.102. The Plan’s strategy for leisure and recreation includes promotingfurther development of urban greenspace. The emerging FifeGreenspace Strategy will provide further information. In Cupar and StAndrews greenspace will be promoted through linking existing openspaces and seeking to identify opportunities to create new linksthrough the towns and to the countryside. The Fife Core Path Plan, theprimary policy document for access and path proposals, identifiesfurther land use proposals which will require planning policy support.Developing the Transport Network103. The Local Plan objectives for developing the transport networkare:• Providing for a pattern of land use which reduces unnecessary traveland supports a choice of more sustainable travel options;• Assisting the implementation of Fife’s Local Transport Strategy;• Safeguarding options for future development of the transport network;• Supporting improvements to regional transport connections to East Fife104. In addition to the Fife Development Plan, Fife Council has aLocal Transport Strategy. The St Andrews & East Fife Local Plan hasbeen prepared alongside the Local Transport Strategy and itsconstituent Area Transport Plan for East Fife. Details of transportationpolicies and proposals are contained within the East Area TransportPlan. The respective strategies of these Plans complement each otherand the Area Transport Plan will be updated early in the life of theLocal Plan. The East Area Transport Plan translates strategic trafficand transport objectives into local action. Improved public transportprovision is integral to this document including development atLeuchars railway station, and improved integrated public transportfeeder services between St Andrews and Leuchars railway station. APark and Ride/Choose at the North Haugh, with a focus on touristtraffic, will be developed as part of the western expansion of StAndrews. The East Area Transport Plan also includes a commitment toidentify, cost, and appraise measures to address Cupar’s traffic