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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fife. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,502 approved · 231 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Mcintosh Hall Abbotsford Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 9HT
Received 6 Jul 200915 Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AF
Received 6 Jul 2009Mcintosh Hall Abbotsford Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 9HT
Received 6 Jul 200913 Netherton Gardens Kelty Fife KY4 0DP
Received 7 Jul 2009Stone Dykes Clunydykes Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DJ
Received 3 Jul 200926 - 32 Bonnygate Cupar Fife
Received 6 Jul 200966 North Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DN
Received 3 Jul 20094 And 5 Glenwood Centre Glenrothes Fife
Received 2 Jul 2009Morrisons Supermarket Largo Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8PJ
Received 6 Jul 2009Cotlands Park Leven Road Kennoway Fife
Received 2 Jul 2009Forth Park Hospital Bennochy Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 7 Jul 2009Morrisons Supermarket Largo Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8PJ
Received 6 Jul 2009131 Balsusney Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5LQ
Received 7 Jul 200980 Strathallan Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5TP
Received 7 Jul 200915 Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AF
Received 6 Jul 200938 Carfrae Drive Glenrothes Fife KY6 1LY
Received 1 Jul 2009Levensdale North Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DJ
Received 1 Jul 2009Land At Craigdhu House Ferry Road North Queensferry Fife
Received 7 Jul 200935 Main Street Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8QT
Received 7 Jul 20090 Doubledykes Road St Andrews Fife
Received 7 Jul 2009Proposed Allotment Site North Of St Monans Fife
Received 8 Jul 2009Letham Farm Farmstead Road Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9HU
Received 8 Jul 200925 Union Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8BP
Received 8 Jul 20096 Fleming Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8AE
Received 8 Jul 2009Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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