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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Scotland · Local authority
Fife
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fife. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates5,749Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,506 approved or refused records
212Refused applications
4,294 approved · 212 refused · 221 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 1996 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
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- Decided09/00237/COPP
Planning permission in Principle for erection of dwellinghouse
2 Earlston Way Glenrothes Fife KY6 1JJ
Received 3 Feb 2009 - Withdrawn09/00496/WARM
Reserved matters application for erection of 2 storey dwellinghouse
Land At Rear Of 25 Port Street Inverkeithing Fife
Received 5 Mar 2009 - Decided09/00534/WLBC
Listed building consent for display of 2 non-illuminated signs (in retrospect)
Carnegie Birthplace Museum Moodie Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PL
Received 10 Mar 2009 - Decided09/00588/WFULL
Partial change of use from haulage yard and workshop (Class 5) to provide hot foam car wash for one car only (sui generis)
Old Transport Depot Hugh Avenue Lochgelly Fife KY5 9DX
Received 17 Mar 2009 - Decided09/00733/EFULL
One and a half storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, formation of window and french door and installation of rooflights
59 Argyle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9BX
Received 27 Mar 2009 - Decided09/00751/CADV
Display of 10 non illuminated flag poles (in retrospect)
Duniface Farm Leven Fife KY8 5RH
Received 1 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00757/EFULL
Alterations to convert areas of sheltered housing complex into flats
City Park 18 City Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9XF
Received 1 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00759/WFULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
26 Dovecot Park Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TD
Received 2 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00765/CFULL
Siting of mobile snack kiosk
Just Diesels 163 Oswald Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3EZ
Received 1 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00768/EFULL
Change of use to hold farmers market one day per month
Bonnygate Car Park Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LB
Received 6 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00775/WFULL
Retrospective application for the formation of a disabled access ramp
8 Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HZ
Received 3 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00796/WLBC
Listed building consent for removal of chimney, installation of rooflight and internal alterations to dwellinghouse
13 North Row Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3EL
Received 6 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00797/WFULL
Substitution of house type
4 Mucklestone Court Crosshill Lochgelly Fife KY5 8BB
Received 6 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00798/WLBC
Listed building consent for demolition of ruined west wing
Torrie House Fife
Received 6 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00811/CLBC
Listed building consent for single storey side extension
Victoria Hotel 28 Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1DS
Received 7 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00816/CFULL
Change of use and alterations to church to form 2 retail units (class 1), offices (class 2) and a self contained flat
St Peters R C Church Durie Street Leven Fife KY8 4HA
Received 7 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00825/CFULL
Installation of dormer extension
145 Dunnikier Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AZ
Received 8 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00829/WFULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
8 Nasmyth Place Kelty Fife KY4 0BJ
Received 8 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00841/ECLE
Certificate of lawfulness to HMO (4 persons)
7C South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9QS
Received 10 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00842/EFULL
Change of use and alterations to steading building to form new dwellinghouse
17 Beechgrove Rise Cupar Fife KY15 5DT
Received 10 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00848/WFULL
Construction of boundary fence
Craigie House Main Street Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8DF
Received 13 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00855/EFULL
Extension to dwellinghouse
5 Kilrymont Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8DE
Received 14 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00857/EADV
Display of externally illuminated revolving pole sign
The Fruit Shop 1 Horse Market Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BG
Received 14 Apr 2009 - Withdrawn09/00868/EFULL
Erection of 2 storey dwellinghouse (New Application Ref: 09/01514/EFULL - Erection of one and a half storey dwellinghouse)
Land To South Of Dovecot Mill Pleasance Falkland Fife
Received 15 Apr 2009
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What these statistics cover
These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Fife, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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