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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 dates6,299Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,017 approved or refused records
255Refused applications
4,762 approved · 255 refused · 260 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided25/01394/FULL
Subdivision of existing Class 1A commercial premises on the ground floor to form two Class 1A commercial premises and external alterations including installation of extraction vents, replacement window and alterations to door
19 - 21 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided24/01924/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 24/01924/FULL- Off street parking
St Regulus Cottage Gregory Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9PU
Received 14 May 2025 - Decided25/01396/FULL
Installation of plant and associated equipment
Lower Largo W W T W Serpentine Walk Bourtree Brae Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6JH
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided24/01407/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 24/01407/FULL - Construction and Environmental Management Plan
Land To The East Of Spittalfield Road Fraser Avenue Inverkeithing Fife
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01398/FULL
Erection of detached single domestic garage to rear of dwelling
50 William Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1TR
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01400/FULL
Replacement roof covering to front and installation of replacement rooflights to front and rear of dwellinghouse
The Hollies 2 Church Street Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HT
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01401/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Inchgarth Brighton Road Cupar Fife KY15 5DH
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01403/ARC
Erection of 486 residential units and associated works within Pods 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of Phase 4 of the Halbeath Strategic Development Area (Application Ref: 17/01677/EIA). Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 3 (Parts a, d, e, g, h, j, l - Development Components); 4 and 5 (Application Requirements); 10 (Development Brief); 12 (Energy Statement); 13 (Landscape and Habitat Management Plan); 14 (Public Art Strategy); and 51 (Temporary Haul Road).
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01404/FULL
Erection of 45 affordable dwellings comprising 7 dwellinghouses (Class 9), 38 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) including 2.no ground floor retail units (Class 1A) with boundary enclosures and amenity storage, formation of new access road, footpaths and car parking, internal drainage, landscape and renewable technology infrastructure (Amendment to 23/02505/FULL including design changes, remix of units and omission of suds basin).
Land To The South Of Hall Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 15 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01405/FULL
Erection of two flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and associated works
121 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01406/FULL
Proposed Porch Extension to front elevation
Balnashinar Kettlehill Cupar Fife KY15 7TW
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01407/FULL
Conservatory extension to front of dwellinghouse
14 Fortharfield Freuchie Cupar Fife KY15 7JJ
Received 15 May 2025 - Decided25/01409/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
23 Garden Place Townhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0EW
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01411/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Demolition of existing dwelling)
Earlshill Grange Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AL
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01412/FULL
Installation of PV panels and air source heat pump (retrospective)
5 Pitlethie Steading Pitlethie Road Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0EJ
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01413/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Woodside Cottage Sunnyside Road Sunnyside Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HE
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01414/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
12 Main Street Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4AF
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01415/FULL
Erection of 32 flatted dwellings including car parking, road and footpath access, boundary enclosures with associated renewable technologies and landscape and drainage infrastructure (amendment to 19/03450/ARC)
Westwood Park Glover Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01416/FULL
External alterations to shopfront
6 - 8 Whytehouse Avenue Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UW
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01417/FULL
Two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Nelson Street St Andrews Fife KY16 8AJ
Received 16 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01419/FULL
Two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
37 Station Road Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 9RJ
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01420/FULL
Change of use from dwellinghouse (Class 9) to 3 no. flatted dwellings (Sui Generis), and external alterations including extension to rear
Bellcraig Guest House 8 Murray Park St Andrews Fife KY16 9AW
Received 16 May 2025 - Decided25/01421/FULL
Increase height of part of boundary wall
5 Orchard Court Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7HX
Received 16 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01422/FULL
Two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
22 Abbots Walk Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NL
Received 19 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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