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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 dates6,281Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,000 approved or refused records
255Refused applications
4,745 approved · 255 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Decided25/01325/FULL
Erection of domestic double garage/store
1 Main Street Low Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8TF
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01327/FULL
Alterations including in-filling of window and works to door of dwellinghouse
100 Main Street Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6BP
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01328/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal works and external alterations including in-filling of window and works to door of dwellinghouse
100 Main Street Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6BP
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01329/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and door, refurbishment/painting of door, lime pointing repairs, repainting and new chimney cowls
Vanguard West Forth Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3HL
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01330/FULL
Construction of 29.9MW ground mounted solar array and associated infrastructure including site access, parking, substation, welfare buildings, inverter/transformer stations, fencing, landscaping and other works
Plot East Of St Marys Farm Fife
Received 7 May 2025 - Decided25/01332/FULL
Single storey extension to front and side, and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, alterations to existing flue, and conversion of existing garage to form habitable space
133 Duddingston Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6XG
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01333/FULL
Substitution of house types on plots 1 and 2 (amendment to planning permission reference 08/02805/FULL)
Andrew Davie Cupar Road Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7LS
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01334/FULL
Formation of off street parking to front of flatted dwelling
Ground Floor Flat 2 St Ayles Crescent Anstruther Fife KY10 3HE
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01336/FULL
Change of use of land to allow siting of a mobile sauna with associated external decking
Elie Harbour The Granary Elie Fife
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01337/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of 3 no. replacement windows to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Castle Street Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3SH
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01338/LBC
Listed Building Consent for external and internal alterations including take down and build up of walls and installation of doors and windows and roof (amendment to 24/00826/LBC)
Street Record Woodland Entrance Kilconquhar Fife
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01339/FULL
Installation of 30 No. freestanding solar panels
Farmhouse Easter Colzie Cupar Fife KY14 7EQ
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01342/FULL
Change of use of dwellinghouse (Class 9) to 2 no. flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and external works including erection of two story extension
5 Nelson Street St Andrews Fife KY16 8AJ
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01344/ARC
Approval of revised Phase 1 Development Brief under the terms of Condition 1 (i) of planning permission 22/01642/PPP
Land At Kingslaw Randolph Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01345/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of extraction vents and replacement internal doors
12A Hope Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9HJ
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01346/FULL
Change of use from office (Class 1A) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of extraction vents
12A Hope Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9HJ
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided22/01344/NMV1
Non Material Variation to amend boundary treatments to 22/01344/FULL
Land North And South Of A994 Conscience Bridge North Cairneyhill Fife
Received 8 May 2025 - Decided25/01349/FULL
Alterations to dwelling including refurbish front and replace rear roof, replacement doors to front and rear, refurbish windows and replace rain water goods
5 West Shore Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NU
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01350/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to walls and doors and external alterations including refurbish front and replace rear roof, replacement doors to front and rear, refurbish windows and replace rain water goods
5 West Shore Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NU
Received 9 May 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01351/PPP
Planning permission in principle for residential development (approximately of 183 units) including safeguarding of land for cemetery extension, formation of accesses, landscaping, open space, SUDS and associated works
Field South Of Guthrie Court Newburgh Fife
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01352/FULL
Installation of raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse (in retrospect)
107 Carden Castle Park Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0EF
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01353/FULL
Erection of energy storage battery box and associated works
Micro Energy Storage Project West Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01354/FULL
Erection of energy storage battery box and associated works
Micro Energy Storage Project Kennoway Road Leven Fife
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01355/FULL
Erection of energy storage battery box and associated works
Micro Energy Storage Unit Faraday Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 9 May 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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