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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 dates6,462Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,161 approved or refused records
260Refused applications
4,901 approved · 260 refused · 279 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/01822/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 of approval 24/01822/ARC - Intrusive Investigation
Land East Of River Leven Elm Park Leven Fife
Received 20 Jun 2025 - Awaiting decision25/01822/CON
Felling Permission Application (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018) Property Name: Allanhill Farm and Estate
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided24/00284/NMV1
Erection of 40.no affordable flatted dwellings for sheltered housing needs (Class 8) including formation of new access/car parking and footpaths, retaining walls and boundary enclosures with associated landscaping, drainage, renewable energy infrastructure and ancillary works (Non Material Variation to reduce retaining wall height, adjust site levels adjacent to top of retaining wall and amend road layout within site to 24/00284/FULL)
Land East Of Canmore Primary School Aberdour Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 23 Jun 2025 - Withdrawn25/01823/LBC
Listed building consent for total demolition of building
Former Rothes House Glenrothes Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01824/FULL
Erection of domestic garage, and alterations to boundary wall and gate
Century House 100 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LT
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01825/LBC
Listed building consent alterations to boundary wall and gate
Century House 100 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LT
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01826/FULL
External alterations including installation of new windows to rear
Durie Lodge Hotel Durie Street Leven Fife KY8 4HA
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01827/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including internal reconfiguration and installation of new windows
Durie Lodge Hotel Durie Street Leven Fife KY8 4HA
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01828/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
2 River Walk Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9YF
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01829/FULL
Single storey extension including dormer extensions to side of dwellinghouse
Kincaple Lodge Kincaple St Andrews Fife KY16 9SH
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01830/ADV
Display of digital information screen
Cooperative 99 Bonnygate Cupar Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01831/FULL
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A) and associated works including fencing, vehicular access and parking
Former Yard Public House Admiralty Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2BN
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01832/FULL
Erection of fence and gate to front of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
5 Cadham Square Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PL
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01833/FULL
Erection of exhibition hall (Class 10) and associated works
Kirkland Yard Leven Vale Leven Fife KY8 4RB
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01835/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - West of High Holm Farm, Killiebone Road, Townhill
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01836/SCR
Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Opinion for erection of retail unit and associated infrastructure
The Yard Public House Admiralty Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2BN
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01837/PN
Prior Approval for alterations to railway bridge
Railway Bridge Collessie Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided22/01914/NMV1
Non-Material Variation for reconfiguration of house types on plots 13 - 15, 24, 25, 59 and 60, addition of a garage to plot 1 and external alterations to plots 71, 72, 73 - 75, 76 and 77 of application reference 22/01914/FULL
Land To North Of 10 To 22 Cameron Crescent Windygates Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided22/02717/NMV2
Erection of 39 affordable housing units (15 family homes and 24 assisted living), 1 community hub with associated parking and infrastructure works (Non-Material Variation to 22/02717/FULL for amendments to accessible routes and addition of complimentary stepped access to Blocks 1-5, 7, 12, 13 &14)
Land Adjacent To Main Street Car Park And South Of West Road Saline Fife
Received 24 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01839/ADV
Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign
Methilhaven Surgery 361 Methilhaven Road Methil Leven Fife KY8 3HR
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01840/FULL
External alterations including installation of air conditioning units and extraction grilles
Methilhaven Surgery 361 Methilhaven Road Methil Leven Fife KY8 3HR
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01841/TPO
Felling/reduction of 4 No. Silver Birches and 2 No. Scots Pine (TPO W0040)
40 Main Street Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8NJ
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01843/FULL
Installation of dormer extension to front and two storey extension with balcony to rear of dwellinghouse
23 Garvock Terrace Dunfermline Fife KY12 7UP
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01844/FULL
Substitution of house type on plot 19 (amendment to planning permission reference 20/03233/ARC)
Site To West Of Church Street Ladybank Fife
Received 25 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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