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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
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 dates5,859Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,609 approved or refused records
222Refused applications
4,387 approved · 222 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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
- Decided09/01266/EFULL
Formation of balcony and erection of boundary wall and gates
42 Craig Road Tayport Fife DD6 9LD
Received 1 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01267/WFULL
Removal of condition 16 of planning permission 04/04441/CFULL to allow unrestricted residential use
Bowhill Colliery Lochgelly Fife KY5 0AJ
Received 1 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01268/WFULL
Substitution of house types on plots 1-3 to form 4 detached dwellinghouses
Bowhill Colliery Lochgelly Fife KY5 0AJ
Received 1 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01269/WFULL
Single storey rear extension and single storey domestic garage to side of dwellinghouse
6 Garden Place Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XA
Received 1 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01270/WFULL
Installation of roof light
5 Park Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QJ
Received 1 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01271/EFULL
Rear extension to dwellinghouse
8 South Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JF
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01272/EFULL
Installation of replacement windows and formation of dormer
63 Abbey Wall Road Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NE
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01273/EADV
Display of 5 non illuminated signs
Ceres Inn The Cross St Andrews Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NE
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01274/CFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
73 Dysart Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2BB
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01276/CFULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
4 Ballingall Drive Glenrothes Fife KY6 3QD
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01277/FULL
Change of use from residential (class 9) to bed and breakfast guest house (class 7)
89 Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AQ
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01279/WFULL
Two storey extension and dormer over garage
9 Linburn Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 4LG
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01280/WFULL
Extension to existing rear dormer and single storey extension to rear
Coldwell Cottage Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HF
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01281/WFULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
47 Morlich Crescent Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9UW
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01282/WFULL
Extend existing garage and increase height of roof
96 Perth Road Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9HB
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01283/CADV
Display of one internally illuminated fluorescent fascia sign
Unit 18 Fife Central Retail Park Chapel Park Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 2 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01284/WFULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
118 Main Street Newmills Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SX
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01285/EFULL
Installation of replacement windows
125 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01286/WFULL
Erection of business centre and associated car parking
Nos 105 To 119 Main Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01287/EOPP
Outline Permission to Erect Dwellinghouse and Form Access
11 Wallace Street St Andrews Fife KY16 8AN
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01288/EFULL
Extension to existing sun room
Briar Cottage Malt Row Pitlessie Cupar Fife KY15 7SY
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01289/EFULL
Erection of agricultural shed
Barnsmuir Farm Anstruther Fife KY10 3XB
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01290/CFULL
Extension to rear of dwellinghouse
355 Cluny Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 4QY
Received 3 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01292/CFULL
Installation of new street lighting columns and removal of existing columns
0 Windmill Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 3 Jun 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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