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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.
4,383 approved · 222 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Balwearie Flint Mill Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5UL
Received 26 May 2009Bowhouse Farm Buildings East Of Kirkton Of Largo Fife
Received 25 May 200931 Kilrymont Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8DE
Received 26 May 20091 Ramornie Mill Cottages Cupar Fife KY15 7TH
Received 26 May 20090 The Scores St Andrews Fife
Received 26 May 2009Ledaig Kennedy Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DJ
Received 27 May 200980 Dunfermline Road Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8AS
Received 27 May 200916 Ardoch Park Glenrothes Fife KY6 3PJ
Received 27 May 200930 Glenfield Road Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9EX
Received 26 May 2009Balwearie Flint Mill Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5UL
Received 26 May 200916 Hill Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0QR
Received 27 May 2009South Brucefield House Malcolm Street Dunfermline Fife KY11 4TH
Received 26 May 2009Knockmore House Strathenry Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HZ
Received 27 May 200930 Braemar Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RF
Received 28 May 200926 Tarmachan Close Dunfermline Fife KY11 8LD
Received 28 May 20092 Lochleven Place Lochore Lochgelly Fife KY5 8FB
Received 28 May 200913 Greenbank Drive Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9LL
Received 28 May 20096 Mallard Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8GJ
Received 28 May 2009443 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 27 May 2009443 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 27 May 2009Ragfield Anstruther Fife KY10 3XG
Received 29 May 2009Cowdenbeath Clinic 80 Rowan Terrace Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9JQ
Received 28 May 20092 Kings Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2SB
Received 28 May 20091 East Bay North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JX
Received 28 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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