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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 dates6,177Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,906 approved or refused records
248Refused applications
4,658 approved · 248 refused · 249 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/00293/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
The Farmhouse Masterton Masterton Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8QJ
Received 3 Feb 2025 - Decided24/00101/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 24/00101/FULL - Archaeology
Leuchars Station Army Base Innes Road Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0JX
Received 4 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00360/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to commercial let accommodation (Sui Generis) (retrospective)
36 Deas Wharf Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1JJ
Received 10 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00405/FULL
Change of use of part of land to form storage yard (Class 6) and erection of storage unit and associated works
7 Carlyle Crescent Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1DW
Received 12 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00417/EIA
EIA application for the First Periodic Review of Planning Conditions of Mineral Permission 05/00835/EEIA - ROMP application under Section 74 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
Balmullo Quarry Lucklaw Quarry Road Lucklaw Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0BH
Received 12 Feb 2025 - Registered25/00418/EIA
EIA Application for phased lateral extension to existing quarry including revised restoration scheme.
Balmullo Quarry Lucklaw Quarry Road Lucklaw Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0BH
Received 12 Feb 2025 - Decided21/02815/CDC1
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and outbuilding (Completion of Development Certificate for 21/02815/FULL)
3 Balbirnie Bridge Prestonhall Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 6QN
Received 12 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00487/FULL
Change of use from public house (Sui Generis) to two flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and installation of replacement windows and doors
The Auld Hoose 77 - 79 Main Street Bowhill Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0NA
Received 18 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00512/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse (demolish existing dwellinghouse)
Closeburn 46 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9DA
Received 19 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00514/FULL
Change of use from commercial garage to gymnasium (class 11)
Unit 3 Tom Stewart Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 8YB
Received 19 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00557/FULL
Erection of agricultural building, siting of 2 storage containers and formation of vehicular access, hardstanding and associated works (Part Retrospective)
Meadow View Hillend Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TD
Received 24 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00564/FULL
Alterations to extension, and alterations to outbuilding to form self-contained ancillary residential accommodation to rear of dwellinghouse
Lydiard House Windygates Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 6QD
Received 25 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00565/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to extension, and alterations to outbuilding to form self-contained ancillary residential accommodation to rear of dwellinghouse
Lydiard House Windygates Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 6QD
Received 25 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00584/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of flatted dwelling
1 Forth Park Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AB
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00585/LBC
Listed Building Consent for single storey extension to rear of flatted dwelling
1 Forth Park Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AB
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Withdrawn25/00588/ADV
Display of 2 No. internally illuminated fascia sign, 2 No. externally illuminated fascia sign, 1 No. internally illuminated flagpole sign and 1 No. externally illuminated parking display unit
Lidl Station Road Cupar Fife KY15 5HX
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00591/FULL
Change of use of land to allow siting of mobile sauna unit and associated works
Land Adjacent To The West Of 33 Kirk Road Newport On Tay Fife
Received 26 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00605/PPP
Planning permission in principle for residential development consisting of 12 dwellinghouses and 12 flatted dwellings and associated works
Land To South Of Castle Road Rosyth Fife
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00606/FULL
Internal and external alterations including two storey extension, formation of balcony to rear, installation of dormer extensions to front of dwellinghouse, raising of roof ridge height and alterations to boundary wall
62 Main Street Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6BT
Received 27 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00616/FULL
Formation of decking to front of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
16 Camby Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 5BW
Received 28 Feb 2025 - Decided25/00627/FULL
Erection of substation including alterations to existing wall (in retrospect)
Electricity Substation St Colme Crescent Aberdour Fife
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00635/FULL
Erection of ancillary domestic outbuilding to rear of flatted dwelling
Basement Flat 11 Alexandra Place City Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9XD
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided25/00637/PPP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of five houses (Class 9) and associated works
Land To North Of 40 Northall Road Markinch Fife
Received 3 Mar 2025 - Decided22/00590/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approved 22/00590/FULL - remove headwall and partial removal of surface water sewer
Land To The West Of Crossford Cairneyhill Road Crossford Fife
Received 3 Mar 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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