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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 dates5,931Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,678 approved or refused records
225Refused applications
4,453 approved · 225 refused · 231 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided09/01506/CFULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
63 Milton Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1TL
Received 23 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01507/EFULL
Erection of lawnmower store
Balmullo Bowling Club Main Street Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0AE
Received 26 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01508/CFULL
Erection of double domestic garage
Bennachie Links Road Leven Fife KY8 4HR
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01509/EFULL
Change of use from dwellinghouse (class 9) to bed and breakfast accommodation (3 Bedrooms)(class 7) and formation of dormers
Farmhouse Cuplahills Lucklaw Quarry Road Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0AL
Received 25 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01510/EFULL
Alteration and extension to dwellinghouse
49 Lindsay Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 8XD
Received 26 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01511/CFULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Citron Glebe Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2NF
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01512/EFULL
Erection of single storey building (Class 2 )
Westrig Rear Warehouse West Port Cupar Fife
Received 26 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01513/CFULL
Alterations to roof to provide additional first floor accommodation including the formation of 2 balconies
Croupie Crag Southerton Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NB
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01514/EFULL
Erection of 1 1/2 storey dwellinghouse
Land To South Of Dovecot Mill Pleasance Falkland Fife
Received 26 Jun 2009 - Withdrawn09/01515/EOPP
Outline planning permission for erection of dwellinghouse and formation of vehicular access
Land To North Of No 1 Railway Place Cupar Fife
Received 26 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01516/CFULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and double garage (demolish existing dwellinghouse)
Tulliallan 27 Adamson Terrace Leven Fife KY8 4EL
Received 24 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01517/ARC
Erection of one and half storey detached dwellinghouse
Land To North Of Lilliehill House Main Street Townhill Fife
Received 29 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01518/WFULL
Formation of a riding arena (in retrospect)
Remiltoun School House Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HD
Received 26 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01519/WFULL
Alterations and single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
22 Main Street Low Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8TF
Received 29 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01520/WFULL
Extension to existing garage
2A Broomfield Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 0PJ
Received 29 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01521/WFULL
Partial demolition of farm steadings, erection of 2 storey care facility, formation of new access, parking and associated landscaping
Couston Farm Steadings Four Lums Road Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 29 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01522/CCLE
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use) for workshop and storage
Unit B Bankhead Buildings Lochgelly Fife KY5 0UH
Received 25 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01523/CADV
Display of two internally illuminated signs (in retrospect)
Ground Floor 118 Main Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9AA
Received 29 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01524/CCLE
Certificate of lawfulness (existing use) for workshop and storage
Unit C Bankhead Buildings Lochgelly Fife KY5 0UH
Received 25 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01525/EFULL
Full Planning permission to sub divide ground floor flat
Kinnear House North Union Street Cupar Fife KY15 4DU
Received 2 Jul 2009 - Decided09/01526/EFULL
Amendment to Design of 07/02734/EFULL (Alterations and Extension to outbuilding to Form Dwellinghouse)
2 Castwell House Castwell Wynd Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AB
Received 2 Jul 2009 - Withdrawn09/01527/EFULL
Extension to existing cottage
Keepers Cottage Over Rankeilour Cupar Fife KY15 4NQ
Received 30 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01528/EFULL
2 storey extension to dwellinghouse
6 Westbank Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7LA
Received 30 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01529/CFULL
Erection of decking and boundary fence at rear of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
16 Longbraes Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5YJ
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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