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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 dates6,511Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,205 approved or refused records
266Refused applications
4,939 approved · 266 refused · 284 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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More application records
- Decided25/01903/FULL
Temporary widening of vehicular access
Entrance To Fortharmill Farm Fife
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01904/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Thistle Bank 1 Beechwood Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GF
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01905/FULL
Temporary widening of junction
Entrance To Fortharmill Farm Fife
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01906/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
23 Glebe Park East Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4RP
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01907/LBC
Listed building consent for lime pointing to wall
St Johns Lodge High Street Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NF
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/01908/FULL
Change of use of hotel (Class 7) to House in Multiple Occupation (Sui Generis) (19 persons) including external alterations(part retrospective)
Queens Hotel 12 Church Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LJ
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/01909/FULL
Reconstruction/part-conversion of ruinous building to form house (Class 9) including the erection of domestic garage/garden store and associated works
Land At Former Mourn House Fife
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01910/TCA
Crown lifting of no.1 Sycamore tree (TPO C0018)
Dean Park Hotel Dean Park Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6HF
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01911/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of two dwellinghouses
19 Kirk Brae Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4PX
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01912/TCA
Felling of 1no. Noble Fir (TPO T4) and 1no. of Syacmore (TPO T9), and crown thinning of 1no. Horse Chestnut (TPO T7) and 1no. Lime (TPO T6)
Hartley House Lower Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HY
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided23/03212/NMV1
Erection of single storey extension to front and domestic garage to rear of dwellinghouse, and formation of platform and installation air source heat pump (Non-Material Variation to 23/03212/FULL for alterations to garage doors)
Cherryhall Kirkforthar Feus Kirkforthar Glenrothes Fife KY7 6LR
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01916/FULL
Formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Guthrie Court Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FG
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01917/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - Outside 82 Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided23/00099/CDC1
Change of use from agricultural land to allow siting of short-term holiday accommodation and associated drainage (Completion of Development Certificate for 23/00099/FULL)
Lochton Farm Lochton Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XE
Received 1 Jul 2025 - Decided24/02092/CDC1
Erection of fencing/gates to front/side of dwellinghouse (Completion of Development Certificate for 24/02092/FULL)
20 Aline Court Glenrothes Fife KY6 2BX
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided22/03997/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 22/03997/FULL - gas 2
The Woods Inzievar Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HB
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided22/03997/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 22/03997/FULL - gas 3
The Woods Inzievar Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HB
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01918/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Liberton Drive Glenrothes Fife KY6 3PB
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01919/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
32 Beauly Crescent Dunfermline Fife KY11 8GW
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01920/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of 3 no. rooflights
15 Priestden Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8DW
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01922/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations
5 Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01923/FULL
Change of use from vacant office (Class 1A) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and external alterations
5 Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01924/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear and formation of raised decking
New Manse Main Street Carnock Dunfermline Fife KY12 9JG
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided22/02133/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of Planning Permission 22/02133/FULL - Biodiversity Enhancement Measures
Land To The East Of Station Court Pittenweem Fife
Received 2 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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