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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.
4,567 approved · 238 refused · 240 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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 Normand Road Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2XW
Received 14 Aug 2009North West Of Dunnikier Parks Depot Dunnikier Park Dunnikier Way Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 17 Aug 2009Woodmill Mains Cupar Fife KY14 6JA
Received 11 Aug 2009Marchmont 10 Chapmans Place Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BT
Received 14 Aug 2009Site To North Of Pap Inn Annfield Muir Fife
Received 18 Aug 20098 North Row Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3EL
Received 18 Aug 20097 Abbotshall Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5PH
Received 18 Aug 2009A K Moyes Halbeath Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 4LA
Received 18 Aug 20097 Alexandra Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0LS
Received 18 Aug 2009Clermont Scoonie Place Durie Street Leven Fife KY8 4HB
Received 17 Aug 2009Land To Rear Of No 186 High Street Methil Fife
Received 11 Aug 2009301 Overton Mains Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3JT
Received 19 Aug 2009The Old Mill Old Mill Road Craigrothie Cupar Fife KY15 5PZ
Received 19 Aug 2009The Old Mill Old Mill Road Craigrothie Cupar Fife KY15 5PZ
Received 19 Aug 200932 Carnock Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 9NT
Received 19 Aug 20091 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 19 Aug 200915 Thorn Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8QY
Received 19 Aug 2009West Brucefield House Malcolm Street Dunfermline Fife KY11 4TH
Received 19 Aug 20091 Royal Terrace Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7AX
Received 18 Aug 20091 Royal Terrace Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7AX
Received 18 Aug 200934 High Road Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9XX
Received 19 Aug 2009Steading And Land To West Of Steading Craigs Farm Waggon Road Crossford Fife
Received 19 Aug 2009Rose Terrace Bank Street Cupar Fife KY15 4JN
Received 19 Aug 20097 Kyle Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9NP
Received 19 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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