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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 dates5,991Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,734 approved or refused records
231Refused applications
4,503 approved · 231 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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More application records
- Decided09/01612/WFULL
Single storey side extension to dwellinghouse
21 Jamphlars Road Auchterderran Lochgelly Fife KY5 0ND
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01613/WFULL
Change of use of car sales garage (sui generis) to coffee shop (Class 3)
94 Main Street Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8NN
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01614/WFULL
Retrospective application for erection of replacement boundary fence
20 Preston Crescent Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1DR
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01615/EFULL
Change of Use from agricultural land to garden ground and erection of photographic studio
The Studio Braeside Mains Cupar Fife KY14 6HU
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01616/WFULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse to include retiling of roof, replacement of window to front elevation, re-rendering of eastern gable and repair and repoint of opposite gable
13 John Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4LZ
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01617/EFULL
Extension to front porch
Earlsneuk Chapel Green Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AD
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01618/ELBC
Listed building consent for extension to front porch lower flat 2
Earlsneuk Chapel Green Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AD
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01619/EFULL
Extension to dwellinghouse
2 School Green Anstruther Fife KY10 3HF
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01620/EFULL
Rear extension to dwellinghouse
Benethel 34 High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AG
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Withdrawn09/01621/PPP
Planning permission in principle for residential development
Main Building Southend Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4ED
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01622/WFULL
Erection of a replacement single domestic garage
11A Cherrybank Dunfermline Fife KY12 7RG
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01623/WFULL
Extension to dwellinghouse including erection of garage and raising roof height
62 Carnock Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 9NU
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01624/CFULL
Installation of window
12 Lesslies Buildings Kirkton Road Burntisland Fife KY3 0HB
Received 7 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01625/WFULL
Single storey rear extension and dormer extensions to front and rear of dwellinghouse and increase in height of roof
55 Dunfermline Road Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8AR
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01626/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Katrine Drive Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XR
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01627/CFULL
Erection of agricultural workers dwellinghouse and detached garage
West Balgothrie Strathenry Avenue Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HF
Received 8 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01628/WFULL
Erection of gym block
St Patricks R C Primary 41 Station Road Lochgelly Fife KY5 9QX
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01629/CFULL
Alterations to shop front
90 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1NB
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01630/CFULL
Conservatory extension to side of dwellinghouse
53 Cameron Crescent Windygates Leven Fife KY8 5EA
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01631/CFULL
Change of use (including alterations and extension) of retail unit (Class 1) to form Restaurant (Class 3) and erection of 2 ancillary flatted dwellings for staff accommodation
149 Rosslyn Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3HT
Received 9 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01632/EFULL
Erection of church building with associated hall/caf� (Class 10) and formation of car parking area
21 Session Street Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2QL
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01633/EFULL
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission 08/02041/EFULL to allow 5 stables and commercial livery and use of indoor arena by up to 5 horses per week on a commercial basis
Kedlock House Cupar Fife KY15 4PY
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01634/EFULL
Single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
11 Castlefield Cupar Fife KY15 4DB
Received 10 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01635/EFULL
Installation of replacement windows
5 Scotscraig Apartments Boat Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8EU
Received 10 Jul 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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