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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates5,808Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,560 approved or refused records
221Refused applications
4,339 approved · 221 refused · 226 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided09/01060/CFULL
Dormer extensions to front and rear of flat
First Floor Right 64 Kidd Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2EE
Received 7 May 2009 - Decided09/01061/WFULL
Installation of replacement windows
1 Manse Place High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SP
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01062/WFULL
Extension to existing garage
1 Greig Place Lochgelly Fife KY5 9PD
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01063/WFULL
Single storey side extension to dwellinghouse
35 Paxton Crescent Lochgelly Fife KY5 9ET
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01065/WFULL
Infilling of 2 doors, replacement of window with French doors and installation of 2 replacement kitchen windows to side and rear of flat
12 Park Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QJ
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01066/WFULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
11 Netherton Gardens Kelty Fife KY4 0DP
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01067/WFULL
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
Land Adjoining 26-34 Meadowfield Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01068/PPP
Outline planning permission for the erection of 3 dwellinghouses
Land To East Of 4 Myrtle Cottages Burgh Road Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01069/WCLE
Certificate of lawfulness for use of site for agricultural contractor's business
Gatehouse Of Duloch Aberdour Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8HG
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01071/CLBC
Listed building consent for installation of doors (amendment to previous listed building consent 06/04046/CLBC)
10 - 12 Murray Place Leslie Fife
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01072/CFULL
Extension to rear of dwellinghouse
167 Kinghorn Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9JP
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01073/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
28 Zetland Place Lochgelly Fife KY5 9BL
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01074/CFULL
Extension to rear of dwellinghouse
113 Castle Terrace Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5EU
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01075/EFULL
Change of use of retail unit to form coffee shop extension
11 Cupar Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8AF
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01076/PPP
Planning permission in principle for residential development
Proposed Lomond Homes Development Brunton Road Markinch Fife
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01077/EFULL
Rear extension and external alterations
Craigmore Guest House 3 Murray Park St Andrews Fife KY16 9AW
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01078/EFULL
Erection of viewing platform with ramp
West Sands West Sands Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9XL
Received 8 May 2009 - Decided09/01079/EFULL
Erection of 2 dwellinghouses
Knowehead West End Freuchie Fife
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01080/EARM
Reserved matters application for single dwelling with integral garage
4 Maynard Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8RX
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01081/EFULL
Change of use from amusement arcade to form hot food takeaway/ restaurant including wet fish counter, installation of extractor system to rear and alterations to shop front.
130 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PD
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01082/WFULL
Substitution of house type (Plot 91)
New Farm Fields Site To The East Of Lochgelly Fife
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01083/EFULL
Alterations to stable/coach house to provide additional habitable accommodation and replacement of sunroom
Hilton House North Of Cupar Cupar Fife KY15 4QD
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01084/ELBC
Listed building consent for demolition of existing flat roofed extension and replacement of sun room
Hilton House North Of Cupar Cupar Fife KY15 4QD
Received 11 May 2009 - Decided09/01085/CFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Hendrie Crescent East Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4LF
Received 12 May 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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