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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fife. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,627 approved · 242 refused · 247 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Cupar North Cupar Fife
Received 24 Dec 2015Land To East Of Whitefield Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 26 May 2017Development Site At Motray Park Guardbridge Fife
Received 2 Nov 2018Land To East Of A823 Wellwood Fife
Received 18 Jun 2019Land To West Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 6 Mar 2020Land To The South East Of Morrisons Esplanade Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 30 Jul 2021Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 11 Apr 2022Carron Lodge Strathkinness Low Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9TU
Received 17 May 2022Land To South Of Sappi Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 May 2022Land To South Of Sappi Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 May 2022Land To South Of Sappi Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 May 2022Land To South Of Sappi Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 May 2022Land At Seggie Farm Seggie Guardbridge Fife
Received 27 May 20224M Plant Den Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 11 Jul 2022The Foundry Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3DP
Received 21 Jul 20224M Plant Den Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 26 Sept 2022St Margarets House Hilton Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2AZ
Received 10 Oct 2022Leckiebank Farm Leckiebank Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7ED
Received 24 Feb 2023Annsmuir Caravan Park Annsmuir Cupar Fife KY15 7SA
Received 25 Apr 2023Madeira Grangemuir Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2RB
Received 25 May 2023Madeira Grangemuir Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2RB
Received 25 May 2023Land Adjacent To Main Street Car Park And South Of West Road Saline Fife
Received 2 Jun 2023Site Of Oakley Bowling Club Blairwood Terrace Oakley Fife
Received 20 Jul 2023Land To East Of Whitefield Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 30 Oct 2023Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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