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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 dates5,871Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,621 approved or refused records
223Refused applications
4,398 approved · 223 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided09/01293/WCLE
Application for Certificate of Lawfulness relating to the siting of 5 caravans
Mayflower Cottage Dunfermline Fife KY12 0SQ
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01294/WFULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
112 Inchview Gardens Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9SB
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01295/WFULL
Single domestic garage extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
205 Queensferry Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2JE
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01296/COPP
Outline planning permission for residential development
Site Adjacent To Victoria Hospital Hayfield Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01297/WFULL
Renewal of temporary consent (05/02502/WFULL) to allow formation of outside seating area ancillary to club
29 - 35 Bruce Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AG
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01298/WFULL
Erection of temporary observatory (in retrospect)
9 Havens Edge Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3LJ
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01299/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear/side of dwellinghouse
30 Cowal Place Dunfermline Fife KY11 8GP
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01300/CLBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
8 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01301/WFULL
Single storey extension to rear and extension to garage and first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse
2 Craig Ridge Place Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9NE
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01302/CFULL
Erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Prestonhall Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY7 5RH
Received 4 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01303/WOPP
Outline planning permission for mixed use employment area including car sales
Kingdom Services Crossgates Road Halbeath Dunfermline Fife KY11 7EG
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01304/WFULL
Single storey side extension to dwellinghouse
11 Fordell Way Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1PN
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01305/FULL
Change of use/alter/extend stable building to form 2 holiday let units (flatted)
Balass House Cupar Fife KY15 5SX
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01306/ELBC
Listed building consent for re-roofing, internal alterations and change to exterior
Balass House Cupar Fife KY15 5SX
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01308/EFULL
Erection of domestic wind turbine
Bank House Cock Ma Lane Newton Of Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7RZ
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01309/EFULL
Alteration and extension to dwellinghouse
Hilton Of Carslogie Cupar Fife KY15 4NG
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01310/EFULL
Erection of conservatory extension and removal of existing porch
16 Grange Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8LF
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01311/WFULL
Single storey extension to front and single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
35 Balbedie Avenue Lochore Lochgelly Fife KY5 8HW
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01312/EFULL
Installation of air conditioning roof top plant to rear of shop
99 Bonnygate Cupar Fife
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01314/EFULL
Retrospective conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
68 Younger Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 8AB
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01315/EFULL
Extension to University building to provide laboratory research building
School Of Chemistry Purdie Building North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01316/EFULL
Erection of street lighting column and associated works
0 Burnside Close Cupar Fife
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01317/EFULL
Formation of vehicular access
51 Low Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7BB
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01318/EFULL
Erection of six chalets (amendment to application reference 76/666) (Retrospective)
Chalets West Of St Andrews St Andrews Fife KY16 9SH
Received 8 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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