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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 dates6,287Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,006 approved or refused records
255Refused applications
4,751 approved · 255 refused · 259 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/01356/FULL
Erection of energy storage battery box and associated works
Rainbow Nursery Saltire Centre Pentland Park Glenrothes Fife KY6 2AL
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01357/FULL
Erection of energy storage battery box and associated works
Micro Energy Storage Project Colquhally Road Lochgelly Fife
Received 9 May 2025 - Decided25/01360/FULL
Change of use of land to allow siting of mobile sauna unit and associated works (retrospective)
Elie Holiday Park Easter Grange Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1HB
Received 12 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01361/FULL
Erection of industrial building (Class 5) including formation of car parking, hardstanding and associated works (amendment to planning permission 24/00708/FULL)
Site Adjacent To Dalgety Bay Recycling Centre Ridge Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01362/FULL
Erection of self-contained ancillary accommodation
62 Main Street Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9SA
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01364/FULL
Alterations to domestic outbuilding including a single storey extension
Gowerfield Kincardine Dunfermline Fife KY12 8EW
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01366/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of three dwellinghouses and associated works (Demolition of existing dwelling and storage sheds)
Drumfrosk 25 Bridge Street Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TS
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01368/FULL
Installation of rooflight and vents
27 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9ES
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01369/FULL
Extensions to building, installation of plant to roof, and associated works
The Willie Russell Laboratories University Of St Andrews North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9SR
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01370/FULL
Substitution of house types on plots 32, 33, and 34 (amendment to planning permission reference 20/03233/ARC)
Site To West Of Church Street Ladybank Fife
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01371/LBC
Listed building consent for external works including alterations to wall to form vehicular and pedestrian accesses, installation of gates, formation of car park and erection of notice board
Springfield Parish Church Manse Road Springfield Cupar Fife KY15 5RY
Received 12 May 2025 - Decided25/01372/FULL
External alterations including alterations to boundary wall to form vehicular and pedestrian accesses, installation of gates, formation of car park and erection of notice board
Springfield Parish Church Manse Road Springfield Cupar Fife KY15 5RY
Received 12 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01378/FULL
Alterations to shopfront
125 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PE
Received 13 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01380/FULL
Change of use from agricultural land to form extension to caravan park (siting of 23 caravan pitches with decking) including construction of internal roads and parking, formation of hardstanding and associated infrastructure
Land To The South Of St Andrews Holiday Park Anstruther Road St Andrews Fife
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided25/01381/FULL
Single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse with associated raised platform and formation of hardstanding in rear curtilage
14 Mulberry Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 8BZ
Received 13 May 2025 - Decided25/01384/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
137 Brucefield Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY11 4SU
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01386/LBC
Listed building consent for external painted signage
Independent Gin And Cocktail Bar 395 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2SG
Received 14 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01387/FULL
Erection of 12 no. dwellinghouses, formation of vehicular access, and associated works
Land To The West Of Aberdour Inverkeithing Road Aberdour Fife
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01388/FULL
Installation of street lighting columns/lanterns
Lighting At Main Street, The Old Orchard, Academy Square And Church Lane Limekilns Fife
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01389/FULL
External alterations including installation of refrigeration plant
Booker Ltd Pitreavie Crescent Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife KY11 8PU
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01390/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations including demolition of internal wallsSite: 12-18 Bonnygate, Cupar, KY15 4LE
12 To 18 Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LE
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01391/FULL
Single storey extension with associated raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Woodruff Gait Dunfermline Fife KY12 0NL
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01392/FULL
Erection of security wall, fence and gate (partially retrospective)
1 Marine Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9PP
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01393/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including removal of internal staircase, installation of extraction vents and replacement window, alterations to door and re-roofing
19 - 21 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 15 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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