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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.
4,559 approved · 238 refused · 239 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Morrisons Glenrothes Flemington Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 5QF
Received 12 Aug 20091 Forthbank Place Low Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8TQ
Received 13 Aug 2009Dean Food Ltd Strathore Farm Strathore Road Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DX
Received 12 Aug 200964, 66 And 66A High Street Leslie Fife
Received 11 Aug 2009Elmwood Golf Course Stratheden Cupar Fife KY15 5RS
Received 13 Aug 200910 Station Road Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4SP
Received 13 Aug 2009Fife Leisure Park Whimbrel Place Dunfermline Fife
Received 14 Aug 2009Glen Killoch Cupar Fife KY15 5LH
Received 10 Aug 200947 Station Road St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BP
Received 10 Aug 2009Craiglea Cottage 8A Links Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AW
Received 10 Aug 200917 St Fillans Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6LS
Received 12 Aug 20096 Sweetbank Terrace Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6BJ
Received 12 Aug 20095 Weavers Court Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7RE
Received 14 Aug 200920 Somerville Way Glenrothes Fife KY7 5GE
Received 13 Aug 200920 Horseleys Park St Andrews Fife KY16 8RZ
Received 14 Aug 2009Land At Whimbrel Place Dunfermline Fife
Received 13 Aug 2009Pitlethie Farm Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0DP
Received 14 Aug 200913-17 Patterson Street Methil Leven Fife KY8 3AU
Received 15 Aug 2009Springbank Cupar Fife KY15 5QJ
Received 17 Aug 200975 High Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7DL
Received 17 Aug 2009Fronthill Farmhouse Cupar Fife KY15 7TR
Received 17 Aug 2009145 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PZ
Received 17 Aug 200935 Dalgety Gardens Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9LF
Received 17 Aug 200947 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QA
Received 17 Aug 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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