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.
4,522 approved · 231 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Cairnhill Ground Floor Trades Street Kilrenny Anstruther Fife KY10 3JG
Received 23 Jul 20095 Bouprie Rise Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9PD
Received 24 Jul 200923C Church Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NW
Received 23 Jul 2009142 High Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DZ
Received 21 Jul 200914 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9QU
Received 24 Jul 2009Land North East Of Kilmany Road Kilmany Road Wormit Fife
Received 24 Jul 20090 Brunton Street Falkland Fife
Received 24 Jul 20091 The Wynd New Gilston Leven Fife KY8 5TF
Received 24 Jul 20091 Beach Road Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8LH
Received 27 Jul 200910 Bells Wynd Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SP
Received 27 Jul 200910 Bells Wynd Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SP
Received 27 Jul 2009Site At Lapwing Drive And Aberdour Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 27 Jul 2009Claverley West Road Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9UN
Received 27 Jul 2009103 Main Street Newmills Dunfermline Fife KY12 8ST
Received 27 Jul 20098 Park Lane Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FN
Received 24 Jul 20094 Canmore Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PX
Received 27 Jul 20094 Canmore Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PX
Received 27 Jul 2009B&Q Store 439 Esplanade Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1SL
Received 24 Jul 200935 Sauchenbush Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5RL
Received 24 Jul 20094 Kirk Cottages High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SR
Received 27 Jul 200922 Hill Road Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5HG
Received 27 Jul 20091 - 12 Greenside Leslie Fife
Received 27 Jul 200926 Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1EA
Received 27 Jul 20091 Old School Place Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4EL
Received 27 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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