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Fife
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fife. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates6,082Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,819 approved or refused records
238Refused applications
4,581 approved · 238 refused · 241 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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More application records
- Decided09/02054/FULL
Installation of central heating flues
1-5 Knox Cottages Knox Gardens Cupar Fife
Received 19 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02055/FULL
Erection of single storey sports changing facility (remove existing)
St Monans Common Hope Place St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BB
Received 19 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02056/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice for redevelopment of the site and existing retail unit to form foodstore (Class 1) and associated access and car parking
B&Q Store 439 Esplanade Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1SL
Received 19 Aug 2009 - Withdrawn09/02057/FULL
Extension to rear of dwellinghouse
38A Pettycur Bay Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9SB
Received 17 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02058/FULL
Conservatory extension to side of dwellinghouse
5 Wellbank Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY7 4TR
Received 18 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02059/FULL
Erection of replacement shed
Lundin Bowling Club Leven Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AH
Received 18 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02060/FULL
Erection of lean-to extension to rear of property and erection of single garage with utility room
14 Golf Crescent Tayport Fife DD6 9LZ
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02061/FULL
Demolish existing conservatory and replace with extension
59 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LS
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02062/FULL
Single storey extension to dwellinghouse
39 Daly Gardens Woodhead High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8EH
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02063/FULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
28 Viewforth Terrace Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3BW
Received 18 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02064/FULL
Change of use from 2 Industrial units to form Car Sales Showroom with external viewing area and parking.
2 - 3 Bellman Way Donibristle Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9JW
Received 26 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02065/FULL
Installation of flue
Bridgend Bungalow Main Street Lumphinnans Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9JD
Received 20 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02067/FULL
Extension to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Cornhill Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 4TJ
Received 19 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02071/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to dwelling
28 Cupar Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7DD
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02072/FULL
Two storey extension and erection of replacement attached single domestic garage to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Western Avenue Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XT
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02073/CAC
Demolition of existing single storey house and detached bunkhouse
Ferrylea Shore High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AP
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02074/FULL
Erection of detached studio and two and a half storey dwellinghouse (remove existing)
Ferrylea Shore High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AP
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02075/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and stable
Site To East Of Campview Rameldry Mill Bank East Of Freuchie Fife
Received 17 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02076/FULL
Re-instatement, internal alterations and extension to fire damaged cottage
Gardeners Cottage Brunton Barns Northall Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JP
Received 24 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02077/FULL
Re-structuring of caravan park to include siting of a maximum of 49 full time residential mobile homes, a maximum of 72 holiday static mobile homes and a change of use of open space on site for caravan storage area (partially in retrospect).
Annsmuir Caravan Park North Of Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7SA
Received 21 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02078/FULL
Change of use from school building to form dwellinghouse
Old Music House 253 Overton Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 20 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02079/FULL
Re-develop the existing toilet block, including a new veg prep building and a new bin store area and upgrade the water supply by installing a new water tank and pumping shed
The Caravan Club Balbirnie Park Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NR
Received 24 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02080/APN
Erection of general purpose agricultural building
Falfield Bank Cupar Fife KY15 5LL
Received 24 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02081/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
37 Morlich Crescent Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9UW
Received 24 Aug 2009
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What these statistics cover
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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