Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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 dates6,491Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,187 approved or refused records
264Refused applications
4,923 approved · 264 refused · 282 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas48 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided25/01845/FULL
Erection of 8 no. business units (Class 4 and 6), erection of bakery shop (Class 1A), formation of access, associated parking, landscaping and other associated infrastructure.
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01846/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of new rainwater goods, doors, windows and re-roofing
Crail Airfield Balcomie Road Crail Fife
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01847/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and installation of garage and gated entrance
Chesterhill House Scotscraig Tayport Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8QY
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01848/FULL
Erection of fence to side of dwellinghouse
Forgan Smithy House Forgan Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8RB
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01849/FULL
Change of use from doctors surgery to form extension to dwellinghouse (Class 9)
33 High Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7QA
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01850/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Ladybank Road Kingskettle Cupar Fife KY15 7PB
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01853/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations including single storey extension, dormer extension including formation of balcony, formation of juliete balcony, installation of rooflight
Chesterhill House Scotscraig Tayport Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8QY
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01854/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - Opposite 18 and 32/34 Buchanan Gardens, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 25 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01855/CON
Screening opinion on 360 megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system and associated infrastructure on previously developed land at the former Westfield opencast coal site, Near Kinglassie (ECU00006213) - RESPONSE DUE BY 16.07.25
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided24/01054/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and domestic garage (Class 9) and associated development (Non Material Variation to 24/01054/FULL for amendments to windows, specification for roof tiles and precast stone)
Fluthers 2 Glenwood Road Leslie Fife KY6 3AS
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01857/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and vents, and re-rendering of dwellinghouse
Kenilworth 42 High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AG
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01858/FULL
Change of use from industrial unit (Class 5/6) to dog training facility (Sui Generis) (Retrospective)
Unit 8 South Lyneburn Industrial Estate Halbeath Place Dunfermline Fife KY11 4JT
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01859/LBC
Listed building consent for the demolition and relocation/rebuild of boundary wall
Ye Olde Hotel 61 Main Street Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0HE
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01860/FULL
Erection of retail unit (class 1A), formation of access and parking, landscaping, alterations to boundary treatments, and associated works
Ye Olde Hotel 61 Main Street Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0HE
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01861/FULL
Erection of a Class 5 industrial unit (extension between existing buildings), alterations to existing units, formation of car parking spaces and associated drainage infrastructure.
Heil Europe Ltd Taxi Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01862/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement roof tiles and windows, re-instate windows, installation of rooflights and masonry repairs
Ayton Farm Ayton Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JQ
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01864/TCA
Felling of 2 No. Ash trees
21 Transy Grove Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QP
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01865/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 8m and 5, 9m high poles - Near to The Green Barn, Balgownie, Culross
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01867/FULL
Dormer extension to front and dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
3 Elmbank Terrace Station Road Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DP
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01868/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse including formation of access/driveway
Waltonhill Cottage Findas Chance Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5PQ
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01869/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m high poles - Outside Ochil View and Opposite Violet Bank, Brankstone, Blairhall
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01870/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - Outside 35/37 Brock Street, North Queensferry
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided22/03318/CDC1
Completion of Development of approval 22/03318/FULL
Edenside House Edenside Strathtyrum St Andrews Fife
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01874/TPO
Removal of no.1 ash tree (C0007-W1)
38 Newton Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 6QR
Received 27 Jun 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Fife
Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
How to search planning applicationsGuides to planning records
All planning guides
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.
UK researchPublished Updated
Property research · 13 min read
Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
UK researchPublished Updated
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.
Check collection coverage