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Scotland · Local authority
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 dates6,368Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,077 approved or refused records
256Refused applications
4,821 approved · 256 refused · 269 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01643/ADV
Display of non-illuminated ATM signage
17 Randolph Street Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1AT
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01644/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
16 Lindsays Wynd Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 9SP
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01645/FULL
Installation of replacement vehicular gates with vehicular gate/pass door
1 Albany Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HH
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01646/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion for formation of extension to amenity acoustic bund
Goathill Quarry Easter Bucklyvie Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8ES
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01647/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - Behind 47 Bighty Avenue, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decided21/02328/CND008
Compliance with condition 8 of approval 21/02328/ARC - Street Furniture
Freescale Site Dunlin Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 5 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01649/FULL
Single storey extension and formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
26 Beldorney Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 0XN
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01650/FULL
Change of use from agricultural land to car sales forecourt (Sui Generis) and associated development including siting of ancillary office (all in retrospect)
Muirhead Filling Station New Inn Glenrothes Fife KY7 6LR
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01651/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for siting of caravan for use as self contained accommodation
3 Milldeans Farm Milldeans Star Glenrothes Fife KY7 6LW
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01652/FULL
Replacement roof, installation of replacement windows and door and repair/replace rainwater goods - 117 - 119 Main Street
119 Main Street West Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4SP
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01653/FULL
Erection of outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Abbotshall Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5PH
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01654/FULL
Rear extension to nursery (Class 10) with solar panels
30 Tay Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8AL
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01655/FULL
Erection of 36 dwellinghouses (Class 9) and alterations to existing farm building to form 2 dwellinghouses (Class 9) and alterations to existing dwellinghouse and formation of access (amendment to planning permission 22/03629/FULL relating to the substitution of housetypes on plots 4 to 39 and alterations to existing dwellinghouse)
Land North Of James Street Pittenweem Fife
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01656/ADV
Display of one non-illuminated fascia sign
6 - 8 Whytehouse Avenue Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UW
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01658/FULL
Alterations to flat roof to form pitched roof
Skelpie Park South Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JF
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01659/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - South-East of 124 and North-West of 146 Bilsland Road, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01660/FULL
Replacement single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
15 St Michaels Drive Cupar Fife KY15 5BP
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01661/FULL
Installation of flue (retrospective)
5 Berry Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8RG
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01662/FULL
Alterations to roof to rear
103 Main Street Newmills Dunfermline Fife KY12 8ST
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01663/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to the roof to the rear
103 Main Street Newmills Dunfermline Fife KY12 8ST
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided24/01822/CND001
Compliance with condition 1 of approval 24/01822/ARC - Access Plan
Land East Of River Leven Elm Park Leven Fife
Received 6 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01666/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of 2No. air source heat pumps (ASHP)
Kirkton House Kirkton Of Cults Cults Pitlessie Cupar Fife KY15 7TE
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01667/FULL
Installation of 2No. air source heat pumps (ASHP) and 48No. solar panels in adjacent field
Kirkton House Kirkton Of Cults Cults Pitlessie Cupar Fife KY15 7TE
Received 9 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01668/FULL
Replacement single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
52 Mossbank Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9RR
Received 9 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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