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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 dates5,873Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,623 approved or refused records
223Refused applications
4,400 approved · 223 refused · 228 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Decided09/01319/EFULL
Extension to dwellinghouse
11 Liquorstane Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7DQ
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01321/CADV
Display of 2 internally illuminated facia signs and 1 gantry sign
Toys R Us 16 Fife Central Retail Park Chapel Park Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6QL
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01322/WFULL
Porch extension to front of nursery building
Bumble Beez Nursery 10 Transy Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QN
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01323/CFULL
Erection of MOT centre
Arnold Clark Carberry Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3NE
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01324/CFULL
Erection of double domestic garage (in retrospect)
Balbreckie Millhouse Kingsmill Farm Kennoway Road Windygates Leven Fife KY8 5SB
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01325/WFULL
Dormer extension to front and rear of dwellinghouse and detached double garage
117 Kilbagie Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4QP
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01326/WFULL
Alterations and extension to form single storey rear extension, formation of additional car parking and realingment of footpath
Rosyth Health Centre Park Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2SE
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01327/CFULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
6 Townsend Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1DN
Received 8 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01328/CFULL
One and a half storey extension to dwellinghouse
31 Raith Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NP
Received 5 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01329/EFULL
Installation of replacement windows
18 Lodge Walk Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DD
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01330/EFULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
37 Millfield Cupar Fife KY15 5UU
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01331/EFULL
Variation of condition 17 of planning permission 01/01273/EFULL to allow use of buildings for recreational/social functions for up to 60 days per year
Kinkell Farm Fife
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01332/ECAC
Conservation area consent for demolition of outbuildings (retrospective)
2 Castwell House Castwell Wynd Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AB
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01333/EARM
Reserved matters application for the conversion and extension of existing garage to form a single dwellinghouse
Falfield Bank Cupar Fife KY15 5LL
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01334/ELBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement dormer windows
148 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EQ
Received 9 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01335/WFULL
Erection of three 15m high wind turbines (15kw each)
Plot 7C Admiralty Road Rosyth Fife
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01336/WLBC
Listed building consent for re-roofing and replacement window to front dormers (in retrospect)
101 Main Street Newmills Dunfermline Fife KY12 8ST
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01337/EFULL
Extensions to east side and rear of dwellinghouse
25 Albert Street Tayport Fife DD6 9AR
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01338/EFULL
Single storey extensions to front and side of dwellinghouse and new velux windows
White Cottage Boarhills Cupar Fife KY16 8PP
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01339/WFULL
Part change of use from private garden ground to car sales (in retrospect)
4 Moray Villas Great North Road Kelty Fife KY4 0HQ
Received 11 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01341/WADV
Display of 14 flag poles, 10 non-illuminated free standing signs and 2 double sided non-illuminated free standing signs
J3 Duloch Park Sandpiper Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 11 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01342/EFULL
Remove existing summer house and extend kitchen at ground floor level
78 Riverside Road Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8LJ
Received 11 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01343/CFULL
Erection of single storey dwellinghouse
113 Main Street Coaltown Of Balgonie Glenrothes Fife KY7 6HZ
Received 10 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01344/CFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Scoonie Drive Leven Fife KY8 4SL
Received 9 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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