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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 dates5,835Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,586 approved or refused records
221Refused applications
4,365 approved · 221 refused · 227 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided09/01139/CADV
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated projecting sign
264 High Street Methil Leven Fife KY8 3EQ
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01140/WFULL
Single domestic garage extension to side of dwellinghouse
69 The Beeches Lochgelly Fife KY5 9QB
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01141/WFULL
Formation of decking to rear of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
16 Nelson Street Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2JU
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01142/WFULL
Siting of mobile catering van
23 Taxi Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9ET
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01143/CFULL
Erection of extension and domestic garage to side of dwellinghouse
28 Links Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AU
Received 15 May 2009 - Decided09/01144/EOPP
Outline planning permission for erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access and landscaping
Elie Estate Fife
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01145/EFULL
Installation of replacement windows
Flat 5 Hycroft High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BY
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01146/EFULL
Change of use of church building to sports hall
Edenshead Church Main Road Gateside Cupar Fife KY14 7SZ
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01147/EFULL
Erection of field shelter for horses
Newhill Farm Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7HS
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01148/WADV
Display of 1 internally illuminated fascia sign, 1 internally illuminated wall sign, 1 internally illuminated box sign, 3 internally illuminated totem signs and one non illuminated projecting sign
Raith Centre 9 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8LW
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01149/EFULL
Change of use of footpath to form outside eating area (20 seats)
14 Shore Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3EA
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01150/EFULL
Change of use of agricultural land to garden ground
3 Bramble Lane Main Street Foodieash Fife KY15 4QR
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01151/EFULL
Extension to dwellinghouse
16A Balgove Road Gauldry Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8SH
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01152/EFULL
Temporary siting of storage containers
Old Railway Yard Abernethy Road Newburgh Fife
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01153/CFULL
Erection of timber shed
3 Gilmour Avenue Leven Fife KY8 4EH
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01154/WFULL
Renewal of temporary planning permission 06/01709/WFULL for siting of temporary buildings for community use
Dalgety Bay Day Care Centre Pentland Rise Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9LY
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01155/CFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
6 Dunvegan Avenue Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5SG
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01156/EFULL
Dormer extension to dwelling
36 Windsor Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 8XP
Received 19 May 2009 - Decided09/01157/EFULL
Alterations and extension to dwelling
75 Park View Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0DN
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01158/WFULL
Variation of Condition 3 of planning permission reference 870945 to allow the sale of pets and pet products
Units 1-4 Halbeath Retail Park Dunfermline Fife
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01159/WFULL
Formation of landscaping strip and SUDS basin with associated landscaping works
Housing Development South Of New Flockhouse Lochore Fife
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01160/WARM
Erection of 51 dwellinghouses with associated parking, roads and public open space
Housing Development South Of New Flockhouse Lochore Fife
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01161/WFULL
Erection of conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Burt Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DG
Received 20 May 2009 - Decided09/01162/WFULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
56 Bath Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AG
Received 20 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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