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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 dates6,397Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,104 approved or refused records
256Refused applications
4,848 approved · 256 refused · 271 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01715/FULL
Increase height of wall to rear of dwellinghouse
11 Rankeillor Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DJ
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01716/OBL
Modification of Section 75 Agreement for planning application 17/03292/FULL
Pilmuir Works Pilmuir Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0QA
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01717/SUDO
Diversion order of core path 329 and Right of Way to enable development 21/00287/EIA.
Lomond Quarry Falkland Hills Road Balsillie Avenue Balgillie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HD
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01718/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - South-East of 107, North of 114 and North-East of 146 Keith Drive, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01719/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and 2, 9m high poles - North and North-West of 88 Station Road, and North of 16 Stationhead Road, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01720/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
3 Heather Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DB
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01721/FULL
External alterations to building including repainting
287 - 289 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1JH
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01722/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including external repainting
287 - 289 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1JH
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/01725/PPP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of dwellinghouse and holiday pods
Land North Of Redcraigs Toll Knockhill Fife
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01726/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
44 Blair Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 0JZ
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01727/FULL
Erection of attached domestic garage to side of dwellinghouse
11 Cult Ness Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2DS
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01728/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - North-East of 9 Balbirnie Road, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn23/02628/NMV3
Erection of 5 dwellinghouses (Non Material Variation to Units 1-5 raised to limit cut required on site due to cost and complication with archaeological conditions. Units 1-5 altered to omit split level on GF to simplify foundation design. Units 1-4 altered on 1st floor to incorporate studio to 23/02628/FULL)
Land To The North Of Abbey Cottage Abbey Walk St Andrews Fife
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00289/CND001
Compliance with condition 1 of approval 25/00289/LBC - replacement slates
Psychology Department Parliament Hall South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9JP
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00289/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 of approval 25/00289/LBC - replacement stone
Psychology Department Parliament Hall South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9JP
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/00289/CND003
Compliance with condition 3 of approval 25/00289/LBC - DPMRP - Mortar Mix/Recessed Pointing
Psychology Department Parliament Hall South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9JP
Received 12 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01729/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Arthur Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0PR
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01730/FULL
Installation of dormer extensions to rear of dwellinghouse
13 St Adrians Place Anstruther Fife KY10 3DX
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01731/ARC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2(a, e, f, h), 4 and 5 of application 23/01257/PPP for erection of 149 residential units and associated infrastructure including access, roads, landscaping and drainage - Parcels WGc and WGd (Phase 1) of Kingswood Masterplan
Broomhall Site At Land Adjacent To Pitreavie Business Park Grange Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01732/FULL
Erection of depot building (Class 6) with ancillary office space and associated works including formation of parking and landscaping
SP Energy Networks Glenrothes Depot Eastfield Industrial Estate Woodgate Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 4PB
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01733/FULL
First floor extension to side of dwellinghouse including alterations to garage
24 Aitken Place Coaltown Of Wemyss Leven Fife KY1 4PA
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01734/FULL
Erection of pergola to rear of dwellinghouse, and installation of hot tub with hardstanding
9 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01736/OBL
Discharge of Planning Obligation 08/00598/CFULL
Farmhouse Chesterstone Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 5QS
Received 13 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01737/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding (retrospective)
19 High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BY
Received 17 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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