Understanding planning · 13 min read
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.
4,385 approved · 222 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Montrave House Leven Fife KY8 5NY
Received 27 May 2009Westfield Site New Row Kincardine Fife
Received 28 May 2009Memorial Park Park Place Thornton Fife
Received 28 May 2009Site To East Of Gordon Road Rosyth Business Park Watt Road Rosyth Fife
Received 28 May 2009J Sainsbury Plc Sainsburys Supermarket Riverside Road Leven Fife KY8 4LQ
Received 27 May 20091 School Lane Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0BS
Received 29 May 20099 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 29 May 20099 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 29 May 2009Fliskmillan East Of Newburgh Fife
Received 28 May 20090 Isle Of May Anstruther Fife
Received 28 May 200918 Dove Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3AN
Received 28 May 200981 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LS
Received 29 May 200956 Bow Butts Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3UT
Received 29 May 2009The House At West Green West Green Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JH
Received 1 Jun 200946-48 High Street Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AP
Received 29 May 2009177-179 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EE
Received 1 Jun 200921 Kirkton Place Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9SJ
Received 1 Jun 2009177-179 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EE
Received 29 May 2009Knockhill Racing Circuit Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TF
Received 1 Jun 200972 Loughborough Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3DD
Received 1 Jun 2009Railway Cottage Seggiehill St Andrews Fife KY16 9YG
Received 1 Jun 200911 Queen Elizabeth Road Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2PU
Received 1 Jun 2009Annfield Kings Highway Largoward Leven Fife KY9 1JA
Received 2 Jun 2009Union Farm Cupar Fife KY15 5PJ
Received 1 Jun 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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