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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 dates5,919Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,667 approved or refused records
225Refused applications
4,442 approved · 225 refused · 230 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided09/01455/EFULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse
18 Nethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TY
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01456/EFULL
Erection of railings in front garden
18 Nethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TY
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01457/ELBC
Listed building consent for installation of railings
18 Nethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TY
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01458/ELBC
Listed building consent for alterations to dwellinghouse including the installation of 3 new rooflights
5 Narrow Wynd St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BD
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01459/EFULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse including installation of 3 new rooflights
5 Narrow Wynd St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BD
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01460/ELBC
Listed building consent for display of advertisements
Ceres Inn The Cross St Andrews Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NE
Received 17 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01461/EFULL
Extension to office, change of use of store to hot food takeaway and erection of storage building
Abbey Garage Cupar Road Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6HA
Received 19 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01462/ELBC
Listed building consent for alterations to dwelling to install rooflight and replacement windows
50 West Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HP
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01463/EFULL
Extension to agricultural shed (retrospective) and variation of Condition 1 of 03/02747/EFULL (amend use restriction period).
Brownhills Farm St Andrews Fife KY16 8PL
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01464/CFULL
Erection of 20 flatted dwellings
Sinclairtown Coal Depot Junction Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2BH
Received 18 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01465/EFULL
Formation of entrance porch, car canopy and internal alterations
Stables Earlsneuk Chapel Green Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AD
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01466/WFULL
Single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
16 Miller Avenue Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8PY
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01467/WOPP
Outline planning permission for the erection of 2 dwellinghouses
Land To North Of 57 To 60 Torbeith Gardens Hill Of Beath Fife
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01468/ELBC
Listed building consent for formation of entrance porch, car canopy and internal alterations
Stables Earlsneuk Chapel Green Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AD
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01469/WLBC
Listed Building Consent for installation replacement windows and exterior mesh guards
Gillespie Memorial Church Chapel Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AW
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01470/EFULL
Rear extension to dwellinghouse
2 Toft Court Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2QR
Received 23 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01472/WFULL
Installation of replacement windows and mesh guards
Gillespie Memorial Church Chapel Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AW
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01473/CFULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
38 Lundin View Leven Fife KY8 5TL
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01474/EFULL
Erection of garden cabin and alterations to garden ground
39 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9DA
Received 23 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01475/WFULL
Erection of a combined heating and power unit
Tesco Supermarket Turnstone Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8EG
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01476/ELBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations and removal of rooflights and installation of conservation style rooflight
Castle Gate 32 East Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9BE
Received 23 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01477/CFULL
Erection of 2 dwellinghouses
147 Kinghorn Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9JW
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01478/CFULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, detached double garage and formation of access
Brackenfield The Causeway Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5JU
Received 22 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01480/EFULL
Internal and external alterations and change of use of public house and flat into single flatted property and House in Multiple Occupation (5 person) and House In Multiple Occupation (4 person)
Old Castle Tavern South Castle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PL
Received 25 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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