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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.
4,302 approved · 215 refused · 221 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Maclin Cottage Logie Cupar Fife KY15 4SJ
Received 16 Apr 20093 Brankholm Crescent Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2TG
Received 17 Apr 200912 Cadell Reach Dunfermline Fife KY11 8ND
Received 17 Apr 2009129 Paul Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9AW
Received 17 Apr 200911 Crails Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 9NR
Received 17 Apr 20094 Bridge Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8LU
Received 17 Apr 2009Kirk Ha Cottage Main Road Glencraig Lochgelly Fife KY5 8AL
Received 17 Apr 20093 Smiddy Burn Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SN
Received 20 Apr 2009Venters Park Selkirk Avenue Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 20 Apr 20093 Smiddy Burn Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SN
Received 20 Apr 2009Innisfree Lucklaw Quarry Road Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0AN
Received 20 Apr 200960 Albany Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RA
Received 21 Apr 2009125 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PE
Received 21 Apr 2009125 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PE
Received 21 Apr 20092 Bennachie Way Dunfermline Fife KY11 8JA
Received 21 Apr 2009The Crown Hotel 6 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9NA
Received 21 Apr 200939 West End St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BX
Received 21 Apr 200923 St Clair Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2QF
Received 20 Apr 200991 Normand Road Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2XR
Received 20 Apr 200910 Cadham Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PG
Received 20 Apr 200950 William Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 8BG
Received 22 Apr 20098 Bowhouse Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UD
Received 21 Apr 200933 Midfield Terrace Steelend Dunfermline Fife KY12 9LZ
Received 22 Apr 20097 Hill Street Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2XA
Received 22 Apr 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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