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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 dates6,258Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 4,979 approved or refused records
252Refused applications
4,727 approved · 252 refused · 257 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 1996 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 12 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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More application records
- Decided24/03128/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 24/03128/FULL - Flooding and Surface Water Management Plan
Rainbow Cottage Priorletham Smiddy Priorletham St Andrews Fife KY16 8NR
Received 16 Apr 2025 - Decided24/03128/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 24/03128/FULL - Sample section of the building's front elevation wall
Rainbow Cottage Priorletham Smiddy Priorletham St Andrews Fife KY16 8NR
Received 16 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01143/FULL
Erection of single-storey extension to side and rear of shop (Class 1A) and associated development
Good News Supermarket Forres Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6YL
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Withdrawn25/01145/LBC
Listed building consent for external painting
Forth Cruising Club Capernaum Brucehaven Road Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3JR
Received 17 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01151/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and door
22 Couston Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QW
Received 18 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01153/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
4 Auchmithie Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 4TY
Received 18 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01158/FULL
Installation of replacement door to front, windows, 3 rooflights and 2 sun tunnels to rear, and erection of domestic garage/workshop/car port/art studio to side of dwellinghouse
42 Commercial Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6DE
Received 18 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01159/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement door to front, windows, 3 rooflights and 2 sun tunnels to rear, and internal alterations to dwellinghouse
42 Commercial Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6DE
Received 18 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01171/FULL
Formation of vehicular access
Ladybank Sawmills Cupar Road Ladybank Fife
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01177/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including installation of windows, solar panels, and rooflights and removal of external stair
Woodside Hotel High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SW
Received 22 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01179/FULL
Alterations to and change of use from church (Class 10) to house (Class 9) and associated development
Thornton Parish Church Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AG
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01180/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to church to form house
Thornton Parish Church Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AG
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01185/FULL
External alterations to hotel roof, including the installation of new slates and guttering
Albert Hotel 25 Main Street North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JG
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01187/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to hotel, including roofing works with the installation of new slates and guttering
Albert Hotel 25 Main Street North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JG
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01189/FULL
Installation of 2 air source heat pumps to side of dwellinghouse
Wester Yards West Road Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3EW
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01190/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows and doors to ground and first floor
Railway Tavern Forth Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4LX
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01191/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and doors
Railway Tavern Forth Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4LX
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01192/FULL
Erection of house (Class 9) and associated development
Land To South Of 32 Main Street Crossgates Fife
Received 23 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01193/FULL
Change of use from vacant scrubland to form outdoor seating area (Class 3) with erection of 2 no. enclosures to allow for the installation of outdoor kitchen area, formation of outdoor seating area and associated works
130 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PD
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01195/FULL
Extension to existing shop (Class 1A) to form ancillary hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) including installation of jet wash, erection of outbuildings, alterations to car park including installation of EV chargers, and associated works
Petrol Station Largo Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8PJ
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01198/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement internal door and installation of mechanical extract ventilation
20A High Street West Anstruther Fife KY10 3DL
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01200/FULL
Extension to existing domestic garage
63 Milton Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1TL
Received 24 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01205/FULL
Siting of 5 temporary modular accommodation units to provide classroom facilities and associated works (Temporary)
Fife College Glenrothes Campus Stenton Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RA
Received 25 Apr 2025 - Decided25/01213/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
26 Boglily Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NE
Received 25 Apr 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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