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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 dates6,125Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,856 approved or refused records
241Refused applications
4,615 approved · 241 refused · 247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided09/02134/FULL
Single storey extension to dwellinghouse
White Cottage Cupar Fife KY15 7TR
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02135/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
10 Priestden Park St Andrews Fife KY16 8DL
Received 28 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02136/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations
21 High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BY
Received 28 Aug 2009 - Withdrawn09/02137/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
31 Dornoch Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6YE
Received 27 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02138/LBC
Listed building consent for repainting of front of building
262 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LA
Received 26 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02139/FULL
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground
20 Woodlands Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6HG
Received 26 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02140/FULL
Change of use from Class 1 (shops) to hot food takeaway and installation of flue.
84A Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PA
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02141/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows and door
54 Main Street Milton Of Balgonie Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PX
Received 27 Aug 2009 - Withdrawn09/02142/FULL
Change of use from car showroom to caf� and associated art and craft activities
174 - 184 St Clair Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2DG
Received 27 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02143/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
7 Belleisle Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6JJ
Received 28 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02145/FULL
Change of use of agricultural land to children's play area including the erection of fencing and engineering operations to re-grade site levels (in retrospect)
Blacketyside Farm Shop Largo Road Leven Fife KY8 5PX
Received 28 Aug 2009 - Withdrawn09/02146/FULL
Installation of 17.5 metre flagpole monopole incorporating 6 antennas and associated ground equipment
Strathearn Hotel 2 Wishart Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2AS
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02150/FULL
Erection of new garage/store
6 Chapel Road Dunshalt Cupar Fife KY14 7EZ
Received 28 Aug 2009 - Withdrawn09/02155/FULL
Erection of conservatory to rear of nursery
48 Aberdour Road Burntisland Fife KY3 0EN
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02162/FULL
Installation of 15 metre high monopole supporting 3 Vodafone/O2 3G antennas, 2 outdoor cabinets, one electrical cabinet, erection of safety barrier, formation of parking bay and ancillary development
Telecommunications Base Station South Of Stenton Roundabout Mar Drive Glenrothes Fife
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02166/FULL
Installation of replacement windows
Nos. 4, 6, 7, 8 & 10 Cabbagehall Place Leslie Fife
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02167/FULL
Erection of single domestic garage
12 Aboyne Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EL
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02170/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
31 Bowhouse Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1SB
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/02174/FULL
Removal of condition 2 of planning permission 08/03134/CFULL
22 Dornoch Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6YE
Received 31 Aug 2009 - Decided09/03137/PAN
Southern extension of St. Ninians Surface mine
St Ninians O C C S Kelty Fife KY4 0JR
Received 11 Jun 2009 - Decided09/01861/EIA
Erection of 5 wind turbines, one anemometer mast, substation building, construction of access, hardstandings and temporary construction compound
Westfield O C C S Fife
Received 31 Jul 2009 - Decided96/00202/H
Planning and listed building consent for erection of domestic garage
3 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 13 Mar 1996 - Decided98/00021/H
Erection of 9 dwellinghouses at Grange Distillery, Grange Road, Burntisland
Grange Distillery Grange Road Burntisland Fife KY3 0AA
Received 1 Jan 1998 - Decided96/00803/HIST
Erection of a domestic double garage & formation of an access driveway over public open space
151 Halbeath Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 4LF
Received 16 Dec 1996
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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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