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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 dates6,335Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,049 approved or refused records
255Refused applications
4,794 approved · 255 refused · 264 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/01551/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including demolition of existing rear extension, porch extension to front of dwellinghouse, conversion of windows to doors, installation of door and replacement doors, installation of windows and replacement windows, installation of solar panels, alterations to form integral garage, and removal of chimney (amendment to 24/03363/LBC)
4 Charles Street Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2QG
Received 29 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01552/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations including the installation of replacement windows and roof tiles
2 Bankton Park Kingskettle Cupar Fife KY15 7PY
Received 29 May 2025 - Withdrawn25/01553/FULL
External alterations including the installation of replacement windows and roof tiles
2 Bankton Park Kingskettle Cupar Fife KY15 7PY
Received 29 May 2025 - Decided25/01555/FULL
Erection of outbuilding
Northview Woodriffe Road Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DW
Received 29 May 2025 - Decided25/01558/FULL
Single storey extension to rear and alterations to front of dwellinghouse
Kirklee Cottage 66 High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AQ
Received 30 May 2025 - Decided25/01560/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
10 Wellshot Crescent Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5EJ
Received 30 May 2025 - Decided25/01561/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for change of use from dwellinghouse (Class 9) to short term let (Sui Generis)
26 Waid Terrace Anstruther Fife KY10 3EZ
Received 30 May 2025 - Decided25/01563/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
4 Shore Anstruther Fife KY10 3DY
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01564/FULL
Erection of two storey rear extension to office building (Class 4)
Campion Homes Ltd Campion House Pitreavie Drive Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife KY11 8US
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01566/FULL
Erection of replacement double garage and store with glass canopy attaching to existing porch
Smithfield Middlefield Coaltown Of Burnturk Cupar Fife KY15 7TR
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01567/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
29 Scaraben Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HL
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01568/FULL
Single storey extension to front and replacement single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Burney Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2PN
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01573/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - West of 45 Spottiswoode Gardens, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01574/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m and a 9m high pole - North-East of 36 Grange Road, Outside 22 Kinkell Terrace and Outside 28 Priestden Place, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided24/03098/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 24/03098/ARC - Construction Route
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 26 May 2025 - Decided24/03098/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 24/03098/ARC - Bird and Bat Box/Bricks
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 26 May 2025 - Decided25/01576/LBC
Listed Building Consent for two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Kilknowe House Wellfield Farm Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7SG
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/01579/FULL
Construction of footpath with landscaping and associated works.
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01580/FULL
Erection of detached domestic garage to rear of dwelling
Kingarth 8 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9ET
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01582/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations including formation of 2 No. bathrooms and external installation of 1 No. cast iron SVP to rear elevation
Hill House 1 Main Street Kilconquhar Leven Fife KY9 1LF
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01583/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for replacement door, alterations to window to form door and formation of raised platform
Bethune Cottage Monkswell Road Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6AF
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/01584/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement door, alterations to window to form door and formation of raised platform
Bethune Cottage Monkswell Road Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6AF
Received 2 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01587/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
16 Castlandhill Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2PZ
Received 3 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01588/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows to flatted dwelling
Flat 5 80 Argyle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9BU
Received 2 Jun 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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