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4,522 approved · 231 refused · 237 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
33 Links Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AT
Received 27 Jul 2009Farmhouse Cuttlehill Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8HD
Received 27 Jul 200925 Rev Shirra Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6ZH
Received 27 Jul 200954 Victoria Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1DQ
Received 27 Jul 2009Barra Cottage Links Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AW
Received 28 Jul 200950 And 52 High Street Leslie Fife
Received 27 Jul 2009Mothercare 19 Fife Central Retail Park Chapel Park Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6QL
Received 27 Jul 200950 And 52 High Street Leslie Fife
Received 27 Jul 2009Little Muirhead Farm Fife KY15 5PH
Received 28 Jul 2009142 High Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DZ
Received 28 Jul 200937 Cromwell Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9EH
Received 27 Jul 2009Balgonie Blebocraigs Cupar Fife KY15 5UF
Received 27 Jul 200937 Cromwell Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9EH
Received 27 Jul 20091 - 12 Greenside Leslie Fife
Received 27 Jul 20091 Balwearie Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5LX
Received 27 Jul 200943 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DA
Received 27 Jul 2009103 To 115 High Street Leslie Fife
Received 27 Jul 200915 West Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HH
Received 28 Jul 200935 - 41 High Street Leslie Fife
Received 27 Jul 2009113 Jamphlars Road Auchterderran Lochgelly Fife KY5 0ND
Received 28 Jul 2009Farmhouse Mains Of Kinneddar Dunfermline Fife KY12 9LJ
Received 28 Jul 2009Street Record Brucehaven Road Limekilns Fife
Received 29 Jul 200912A Bath Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AG
Received 28 Jul 2009Memorial Hospital Abbey Walk St Andrews Fife KY16 9LG
Received 29 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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