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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 dates6,502Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,197 approved or refused records
265Refused applications
4,932 approved · 265 refused · 283 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/01877/TPO
Removal of tree (F0012-T013)
Kinkell Avenue Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01879/FULL
Change of use of open space to garden ground, erection of self-contained accommodation outbuilding, formation of access and parking, and associated works
Wellacres The Orchard Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3AJ
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01880/FULL
Single storey extension to side of flatted dwelling
Ground Floor Chesterhill House Shore Road Anstruther Fife KY10 3DZ
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01881/FULL
Change of use from open space to allow for siting of 12 woodland cabins to provide additional accommodation ancillary to existing hotel (Class 7), formation of footpaths and associated works
Balbirnie House Hotel Balbirnie Park Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NE
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01882/TCA
Request to carry out tree works to 2No. trees - Reduce height/crown spread by 1m in all directions (Early Mature Sycamore - T1) and fell (Silver Birch - T2)Markinch Conservation Area
42 Commercial Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6DE
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01883/TCA
Works to trees within conservation area
St Leonards House 26 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DE
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01885/FULL
Change of use of part of public house with rooms (mixed-use) (Sui Generis) to public house (Sui Generis) and house in multiple occupation (HMO) (13 Occupants) (Sui Generis)
Woodside Hotel 109 Broad Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8JR
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01886/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for erection of domestic outbuilding
114 Oakfield Street Kelty Fife KY4 0BX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided22/01418/NMV1
Approval of Matters required by conditions 1 (e) and 2 (a - f) and (h - i) of 19/01088/PPP for a Neighbourhood Centre Development (including Class 1, 2, 3 and hot food uses) and associated access, parking and landscaping (Section 42 application to amend condition 1 of 21/01265/ARC) (Non Material Variation to 22/01418/FULL to amend dimensions of approved drive-thru unit)
Land At Kingslaw Randolph Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 27 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01889/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - Opposite 232/234 Methilhaven Road, Methil
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01890/TEL
Notification of intention to install/replace a 10m, 9m, 8m, and 6m high pole - North-West of Golden Grove and Mayfield House, Cowstrandburn
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01891/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and doors, alterations to roof, and formation of raised platform to front of dwellinghouse
68 Buchanan Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided23/01953/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and formation of access including associated works (Non-material variation for reduction in footprint of dwellinghouse to 23/01953/FULL)
27 Seaside Place Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TX
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01893/FULL
Extension of tower height and associated works
Telecommunications Apparatus Ballingry Farm Ballingry Fife
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided17/01707/CND005
Compliance with condition 5 of approval 17/01707/FULL - Porosity tests
The Old Quarry Glenduckie Dunbog Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JF
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided17/01707/CND006
Compliance with condition 6 of approval 17/01707/FULL - Septic Tank
The Old Quarry Glenduckie Dunbog Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JF
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided17/01707/CND007
Compliance with condition 7 of approval 17/01707/FULL - Preliminary Risk Assessment (Phase I Desk Study Report)
The Old Quarry Glenduckie Dunbog Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JF
Received 26 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01895/FULL
Change of use from ruinous agricultural steading to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and external alterations including installation of windows, doors and re-roofing
Devonside Farm Devonside Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9LN
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01896/TCA
Request to carry out tree works - Removal of tree branches of Willow TreeSite: Land at Willow Tree CottageCollessie Conservation Area
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01897/FULL
Conservation and adaptive reuse of the former Madras College building to create a new academic college (Class 10 Non-residential institutions), including restoration works to listed buildings, enclosure of quadrangle, extension of listed building, public realm improvements, landscaping, and associated works.
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01898/LBC
Conservation and adaptive reuse of the former Madras College building to create a new academic college (Class 10 Non-residential institutions), including a Class 3 (Food and Drink) area, restoration works to the listed building, enclosure of the existing quadrangle, extension to the listed building, public realm improvements, landscaping, and associated works.
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01899/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding and formation of raised decking to rear of flat (retrospective)
19 Park Street Crosshill Lochgelly Fife KY5 8AW
Received 30 Jun 2025 - Decided25/01901/FULL
Change of use from office (Class 1A) to two flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and external alterations including repainting and installation of flues and new and replacement rooflights
32 Canmore Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7NT
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01902/FULL
Erection of fence to side of dwellinghouse, single storey conservatory extension to rear and alterations to shed roof (part retrospective)
11 Hillview Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 9RG
Received 1 Jul 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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