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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
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 dates5,771Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,527 approved or refused records
216Refused applications
4,311 approved · 216 refused · 222 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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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.
More application records
- Decided09/00920/CFULL
Erection of dwellinghouse
Site To East Of Barnslea Main Street Star Fife
Received 21 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00921/EFULL
Alterations to dwelling to install rooflights and replacement windows and formation of off-street parking
50 West Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HP
Received 23 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00923/WFULL
Erection of single domestic garage to side/front of dwellinghouse
22 Plantation Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9LP
Received 23 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00924/WFULL
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of single domestic garage to side/rear of dwellinghouse
8 Hillview Crescent Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8BE
Received 23 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00926/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
32 Seafar Drive Kelty Fife KY4 0JX
Received 23 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00927/WLBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows and doors
Chancery Cottage 30 North Road Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9UQ
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00929/WFULL
Erection of domestic garage
Balgownie House West Green Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JJ
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00930/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and erection of domestic garage
103 Pitcorthie Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 8AL
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00931/WFULL
Form pitched roof over the existing single storey extensions to rear of dwellinghouse
18 St Fillans Crescent Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0XF
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00932/WFULL
Erection of general purpose agricultural shed
Proposed Agricultural Shed Bordie West Of High Valleyfield Fife
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00933/CFULL
Erection of summerhouse
11 Dean Park Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6XX
Received 22 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00935/CFULL
Single storey extensions to side and rear of dwellinghouse
66 Nicol Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1PF
Received 21 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00936/EFULL
Extension to dwellinghouse
13 Andrew Lang Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 8YL
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00939/EFULL
Erection of double garage with honey preparation room
The Old Station Cottage Montrave West Of Peat Inn Leven Fife KY8 5PE
Received 24 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00943/WFULL
Single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
21 Inchview Gardens Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9SB
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00944/ELBC
Listed building consent for installation of central heating flues
Installation Of Flue Terminals 1-5 Knox Gardens Cupar Fife
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00945/WFULL
Increase height of part of roof and installation of rooflights to dwellinghouse
3 Swallow Craig Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9YR
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00946/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 West Harbour Road Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3ET
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00950/WFULL
Change of use and first floor extension to existing garage to form private dwellinghouse
Garage 11 Grieve Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 8DN
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00953/WLBC
Listed building consent to repair and strengthen boundary wall
35 Main Street Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TL
Received 28 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00954/EFULL
Alteration and extension to dwellinghouse
Northfield Cottage Cupar Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5LP
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00955/WFULL
Substitution of housetype
Langfauld Steading Fife
Received 28 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00956/EFULL
Erection of 80m anemometer mast for temporary period of 3 years
South Kinaldy South Of St Andrews Unspecified Fife
Received 27 Apr 2009 - Decided09/00958/EFULL
Erection of two storey dwellinghouse
Copperfield Cottage Woodside West Of Peat Inn Leven Fife KY8 5TE
Received 27 Apr 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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