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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
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 dates6,169Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,898 approved or refused records
247Refused applications
4,651 approved · 247 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided21/03585/NMV5
Erection of 96 dwellings including associated infrastructure and landscaping (Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1 (Parts a, f, g, h, i and n), 3, 4, 11, 18, 32 of consent 18/00280/EIA) (N6) (Non Material Variation for alterations to doors/windows, installation of louvres, alterations to landscaping, addition of communal plant store and mansard reconfiguration to 21/03585/ARC)
Land To West Of Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 3 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03161/FULL
Siting of 2 glamping pods and 2 log cabins for use as holiday accommodation, siting of storage container (Class 6), installation of solar array, erection of timber building, installation and alteration of boundary enclosures, and associated works (part retrospective)
Craigs Plantation Fordell Dunfermline Fife
Received 4 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03176/ARC
Approval of matters required by conditions 2(A-J, L) of planning permission in principle 23/02692/PPP for the erection of dwellinghouse and associated infrastructure
Sawmill Inzievar Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HB
Received 5 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03185/FULL
Change of use of retail warehouse with restricted non-food retail offer (restricted Class 1A) to supermarket with click-and-collect retail (Class 1A)
Homebase 1 Pentland Park Glenrothes Fife KY6 2AL
Received 6 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03188/FULL
Two storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
1 Denhead Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5LE
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03204/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Demolition of existing dwelling)
Kilspindie Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
Received 9 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03245/FULL
Change of use from nursery school (Class 10) to form 10 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) with associated external alterations and erection of 9 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and associated parking, access, landscaping and drainage infrastructure
Abbotshall Infant School Ramsay Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1TZ
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03246/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including partial demolition
Abbotshall Infant School Ramsay Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1TZ
Received 13 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03281/FULL
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A) and associated works (demolition of existing building)
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 17 Dec 2024 - Decided24/03318/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 19 Dec 2024 - Decided25/00027/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Land To North Of Seton Terrace Kennoway Fife
Received 7 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00031/FULL
Erection of 4 pergolas, siting of storage container, siting of coffee kiosk, installation of fencing, and associated works (retrospective)
150 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AF
Received 8 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00040/PPP
Planning Permission in Principle for erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
The Presbytery St Serfs R C Church 12 Chapel Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SJ
Received 9 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00053/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, detached garage and associated drainage works
Land At Number 12 Station Road Kingsbarns Fife
Received 10 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00064/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
Gilven House 22 Iona Park Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NU
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decided24/02217/CND012
Compliance with condition 12 of approval 24/02217/FULL - SUDS Construction Best Practice (1)
Sub Station Huntingtower Park Glenrothes Fife
Received 13 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00087/FULL
Conversion of domestic garage to self contained accommodation and associated external alterations (Section 42 application to vary condition 1 of 18/02469/FULL)
108 Main Street Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8QU
Received 14 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00093/FULL
Alterations and refurbishment to existing filling station including installation of replacement forecourt canopy, formation of parking and associated works
Garvock Service Station Halbeath Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 7RS
Received 15 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00126/FULL
Erection of industrial unit (Class 5) and associated works (demolition of existing garage)
Unit 6 Tom Stewart Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 8YB
Received 20 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00162/FULL
Formation of Pickleball Court and Boules Court
92 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LN
Received 24 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00163/LBC
Listed Building Consent for formation of pickleball court and boules court
92 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LN
Received 24 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00172/FULL
Change of use from vacant steel fabrication premises (Class 5) to gymnasium (Class 11) (retrospective)
5B Lochgelly Industrial Estate Auchterderran Road Lochgelly Fife KY5 9HF
Received 24 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00257/ARC
Erection of up to 223 residential units and associated works within Pods 3 and 4 of Phase 1 of the Halbeath Strategic Development Area (Application Ref: 17/01677/EIA). Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 3 (Parts a, d, f, j); 4 and 5 (Application Requirements); and 12 (Energy Statement).
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 31 Jan 2025 - Decided25/00276/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse with associated parking and change of use from yard to form domestic garden for existing dwellinghouse including erection of boundary wall and diversion of footpath
Dalquhamie Cottage Helen Lane North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JY
Received 3 Feb 2025
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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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