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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 dates6,422Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,126 approved or refused records
259Refused applications
4,867 approved · 259 refused · 274 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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- Decided25/01765/FULL
External alterations including installation of canopy
Rexroth Bosch Group Unit V6 Viewfield Industrial Estate Viewfield Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RD
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01766/FULL
Formation of vehicular access and associated development
Land At Entrance To Meiklebeath Farm Cuddyhouse Road Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01768/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - South of 42 Bridge Street, Cowdenbeath
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided23/02384/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approval 23/02384/FULL - revision to large south facing window overlooking garden
1 Albany Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HH
Received 17 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01769/FULL
Siting of 2 self-contained caravans for use as ancillary accommodation to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works
East End Cottage Pattiesmuir Rosyth Fife KY11 3ES
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01771/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 11m high pole - North of 80-96 Brock Street, North Queensferry
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01772/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-East of 143/145 South Street, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01773/FULL
External alterations including installation of replacement doors and associated works
195 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3AZ
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01774/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of replacement doors and associated works
195 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3AZ
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01775/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement boiler and external flue
13 East Green Anstruther Fife KY10 3AA
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01776/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single-storey extension to the side of dwellinghouse
25 Mount Melville Crescent Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9XS
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01777/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for installation of rooflights to front and rear of dwellinghouse
Araluen 12A Coldstream Park Leven Fife KY8 5TB
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01779/FULL
Alterations to and change of use from vacant store part of barbershop premises (Class 1A) to short-term let accommodation (Sui Generis)
83 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LN
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01780/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to vacant store part of barbershop premises to form short-term let accommodation
83 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LN
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01781/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
42 Markfield Road Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9NR
Received 19 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01782/FULL
Erection of ancillary building with a hot food takeaway (sui generis), a bar (sui generis), office space (class 4), and laundry (class 5), with external seating, formation of hardstanding and parking, and associated works
Falside Mill Events Venue Kenly Boarhills St Andrews Fife KY16 8PT
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01783/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse including single storey extension and replacement roof tiles and alterations to garage
Cauldcots Farmhouse Cauldcotts Anstruther Fife KY10 3JU
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01784/FULL
Substitution of housetype on plot 9 (amendment to planning permission 20/02634/FULL)
Wester Pitscottie Farmhouse Cairngreen Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5LA
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01786/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Mount Frost Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JH
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01787/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of gas pipe and flue
34 - 36 Kirk Wynd Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01788/TPO
Works to trees subject to TPO - E0111 - 6no Golden Cypress pillars - trim in height and spread by 1m, 1no wild cherry - fell, 1no willow - fell
The Haining 1 Strathkinness High Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9UA
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01790/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of window
Old Sandhaven Low Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HN
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01791/FULL
Repointing, and replacement of skews and chimney stack of gable of dwellinghouse
Forth Cottage Sandilands Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3JD
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01793/TCA
Works to yew tree within conservation area - replace existing brace, reduce crown on north, south east and south west aspects by 2m
52 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9JT
Received 23 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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