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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.
4,325 approved · 219 refused · 223 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
2 Sweetbank Terrace Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6BJ
Received 30 Apr 200912 Bellfield Place Milton Of Balgonie Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PU
Received 30 Apr 2009Longannet Power Station Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4AA
Received 5 May 2009Small Holding No 1 Cupar Fife KY15 7UH
Received 1 May 200934 Lawhead Road West St Andrews Fife KY16 9NE
Received 5 May 200967 Forker Avenue Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2UQ
Received 5 May 200954 Gowanbrae Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7RL
Received 5 May 200913 Parklands Crescent Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9FN
Received 5 May 2009Organic Farm Shop Pillars Of Hercules Falkland To Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY15 7AD
Received 5 May 200923 Rowan Lea Kelty Fife KY4 0FY
Received 5 May 2009Land Opposite Elderbank Cottage West Of St Andrews Fife
Received 5 May 200919 Marygate Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LH
Received 5 May 2009Kilrenny Mill Caravan Park Kilrenny Mill Kilrenny Anstruther Fife KY10 3JW
Received 5 May 200919 Marygate Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LH
Received 5 May 200935A Peploe Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FP
Received 1 May 200920 Douglas Drive Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8PZ
Received 5 May 2009St Ninians O C C S Kelty Fife KY4 0JR
Received 6 May 200937 Lundin View Leven Fife KY8 5TL
Received 1 May 20095 Floors Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5SF
Received 6 May 200943 Aberdour Road Burntisland Fife KY3 0EN
Received 5 May 200921 George Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3AS
Received 6 May 20094 Broomhill Burntisland Fife KY3 0BQ
Received 6 May 20090 Beechgrove Rise Cupar Fife
Received 7 May 200916 The Roundel Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6HN
Received 5 May 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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