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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.
4,316 approved · 217 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
7 Shore Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3BD
Received 28 Apr 200939 West End St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BX
Received 28 Apr 2009Leslie House Glenrothes Fife KY6 3EP
Received 24 Apr 2009Lomond Centre Woodside Way Glenrothes Fife KY7 5RA
Received 24 Apr 20099 East Bay North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JX
Received 29 Apr 2009Agrabank Lucklawhill Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0BQ
Received 29 Apr 2009117B Station Road Lochgelly Fife KY5 9EL
Received 29 Apr 200928 Couston Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QW
Received 29 Apr 20091 Priestden Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8DP
Received 29 Apr 2009Clardale High Street Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BU
Received 30 Apr 200917 Lismore Court Glenrothes Fife KY7 6RB
Received 27 Apr 200928 Duncanson Drive Burntisland Fife KY3 9JS
Received 27 Apr 200977 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LS
Received 29 Apr 2009Highfield 35A Main Street Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0AE
Received 30 Apr 200917A Preston Crescent Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1DR
Received 30 Apr 2009Cairnsmill Caravan Park St Andrews Fife KY16 8NN
Received 30 Apr 2009Land To South Of 4-6 Mid Causeway Culross Fife
Received 29 Apr 200910 Westhall Crescent Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8FQ
Received 30 Apr 2009Former Beith Ltd Balmerino Place Cupar Fife
Received 30 Apr 20095 Aytoun Grove Dunfermline Fife KY12 9YA
Received 1 May 200914 Hood Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2HH
Received 1 May 2009Land Opposite 48 James Street James Street Pittenweem Fife
Received 1 May 200920 Leslie Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2LB
Received 1 May 2009Congregational Church 61 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LN
Received 29 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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