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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 dates6,524Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,216 approved or refused records
267Refused applications
4,949 approved · 267 refused · 286 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01925/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South of Claidheag, East End, Main Street, Star
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided22/01371/CND005
Compliance with condition 5 of approval 22/01371/FULL - Balcony Screen
5 Kinburn Place Doubledykes Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9DT
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided22/01371/CND007
Compliance with condition 7 of approval 22/01371/FULL - Works
5 Kinburn Place Doubledykes Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9DT
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided24/01716/CND011
Compliance with condition 11 of apprved 24/01716/FULL - Finishing Materials
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 2 Jul 2025 - Decided24/01711/CND012
Compliance with condition 12 of approval 24/01711/FULL - External finishing materials
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01926/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse including installation of dormer extension to rear and replacement porch extension to front
Bowershall Mill House Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RZ
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01927/LBC
Listed building consent for re-rendering dwellinghouse and associated maintenance
26 North Road Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9UQ
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/01928/FULL
Change of use of land to form temporary works compound (retrospective)
Railway Bridge Collessie Fife
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01929/FULL
Reconstruction of section of boundary wall and associated works
North Cliff Main Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HB
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01931/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Land To The Rear Of 118-120 Main Street Low Causewayside Newmills Fife
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01932/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
24 Stark Street Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1DE
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01933/FULL
Installation of replacement doors
5 - 7 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01934/FULL
Formation of new access and off street parking to rear of property
7 Wyles Street Coaltown Of Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4PD
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01936/SCR
Environmental impact assessment screening opinion for change of use from scrubland to holiday village, erection of wedding venue and associated infrastructure including formation of access road
Land To The South Of Buckthorns Upper Largo Fife
Received 16 Jun 2025 - Decided23/02384/NMV2
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, installation of solar panels, installation of windows and doors, formation of access ramp to rear and side of dwellinghouse, and installation of air source heat pump (Non Material Variation to revise external finishes to west elevation to 23/02384/FULL)
1 Albany Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HH
Received 3 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01938/FULL
Two storey extension to the side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
37 Station Road Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 9RJ
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01939/TCA
Felling of No.1 Eucalyptus and crown Thinning of No.1 Magnolia by 20%.
56 Tay Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8AN
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01940/FULL
Single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse and formation of a raised platform
1 Balgove Avenue Gauldry Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8SQ
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01941/FULL
Formation of vehicular access to front of flat
26 Sinclair Drive Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9PA
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01942/FULL
One and a half storey extension to the rear with installation of dormer and raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse
3 Miller Avenue Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8PY
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01943/TPO
Pruning of mixed trees- TPO-C0008
7A Elm Lane Glenrothes Fife KY7 5TD
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01944/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for formation of access road and associated works
Cireco Park Lochhead Landfill Site North Of Wellwood Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RX
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01945/FULL
Extension to production facility (Class 5) and associated works (part retrospective)
Grahams The Family Dairy. Milk Products. Ltd Block 1 2 And 3 Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9HT
Received 4 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01946/TPO
Request to carry out tree works to 1 x Sycamore and replace felled trees with native trees (eg Silver Birch/Sessile Oak)TPO W0006-T020
15 The Inches Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9YG
Received 7 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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