Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,509 approved · 231 refused · 235 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
27 Irvine Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 8LG
Received 13 Jul 2009251 - 255 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 10 Jul 2009Earlston 1 Quality Street Gauldry Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8RS
Received 13 Jul 200910 Cairnwell Place Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XE
Received 13 Jul 200924 Rosebank Dunfermline Fife KY11 4BD
Received 13 Jul 200910 Queen Margaret Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RP
Received 13 Jul 2009Dalbeath Farm Cuddyhouse Road Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9PR
Received 13 Jul 20099 Bath Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AG
Received 13 Jul 2009Land To Rear Of 250 High Street Leslie Fife
Received 14 Jul 200910 Netherby Park Glenrothes Fife KY6 3PL
Received 14 Jul 200972 North Street Kettlebridge Cupar Fife KY15 7QJ
Received 13 Jul 2009Residential Caravan 9 Hazelbank Terrace Kelty Fife KY4 0BA
Received 14 Jul 200910 Glen Moriston Drive Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8YS
Received 14 Jul 200916 Red Row Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HU
Received 14 Jul 20094 Main Street Low Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8TF
Received 14 Jul 2009Nether East Strathore 41 Strathore Road Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DY
Received 10 Jul 20093 Elizabeth Crescent Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8DY
Received 14 Jul 200940 Station Road Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AX
Received 10 Jul 2009Kirkcaldy Fire Station 16 Dunnikier Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2RW
Received 13 Jul 200911 Locheil Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY7 6YL
Received 13 Jul 2009Car Park Carrick Drive Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 14 Jul 2009Land At Mason St Gardens Road Newburgh Fife
Received 14 Jul 200922 Drumlie Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY7 4TE
Received 13 Jul 2009Merryhill Steading Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3DR
Received 14 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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