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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,573Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,258 approved or refused records
270Refused applications
4,988 approved · 270 refused · 293 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/01996/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwelling
5 Grieve Grove East Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4TJ
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/01997/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations
Queens Hotel 12 Church Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LJ
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01998/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse for self-contained ancillary accommodation
39 Scooniehill Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8HZ
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided24/00617/NMV2
Alterations to dwellinghouse including installation of rooflight and dormer to front, 2 No. single storey extensions to side and re-pointing (Non-material variation to 24/00617/FULL for amendments to approved plans)
Finavon 17 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DF
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided24/02477/NMV1
Two storey extensions to front and rear of dwellinghouse (Non Material Variation for alterations to front entrance and inclusion of porch to 24/02477/FULL)
3 St Adrians Place Anstruther Fife KY10 3DX
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Unknown24/01022/NMV1
Non-material variation to 24/01022/FULL for minor design adjustments to consolidate equipment, reduce components, and optimise layout within the approved footprint
R W E Biomass Plant Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GU
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01999/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of Blairhall Mains Farmhouse, High Valleyfield
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided24/03098/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Planning Permission 24/03098/ARC - Mill Farm Road/B9157 Safety Measures
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Registered08/03390/CND010
Compliance with Condition 10 of Planning Permission 08/03390/EIA - path diversion
Burrowine Moor Quarry Bogside Blairhall Fife
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02002/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of replacement doors
Development Land At Former Madras College Kilrymont Road St Andrews Fife
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02004/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Farmhouse Carskerdo Farm Montrave Kennoway Cupar Fife KY15 5PN
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02005/FULL
Single storey extensions to side and front of dwellinghouse, erection of domestic outbuilding, and formation of raised platform
15 Walnut Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8BG
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02006/FULL
Alterations to side of dwellinghouse, including installation of gates and gate posts and formation of hardstanding
17 West Albert Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1DL
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Registered25/02007/FULL
Change of use from hotel with public bar (Sui Generis) to form public house (Sui Generis) and house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis) (Retrospective)
Queens Hotel 1 - 3 Derran Drive Bowhill Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0JG
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02008/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding (retrospective)
107 East Baldridge Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 9FR
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Unknown25/02009/SCO
Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion for first Periodic Review of Mineral Permission reference 08/03390/EIA
Burrowine Moor Quarry Bogside Blairhall Fife
Received 11 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02010/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of window
32 Spinnaker Way Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9GU
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02011/TCA
Pollard 1 No. Weeping Willow and fell 1 No. Yew Tree
92 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LN
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02012/FULL
Substitution of house type of application 22/01805/FULL (Approved alterations and extension of ruinous mill building to form dwellinghouse and associated works) to amend design and layout, the access and associated works
Pitmilly Mill Pitmilly Kingsbarns Fife
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02014/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding
28 Buchanan Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LU
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02015/FULL
Change of use from siting of caravan for residential use to siting of caravan for short term let
Hawkswood Country Estate Peat Inn Falfield Largoward Cupar Fife KY15 5LL
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02016/TCA
Crown lifting 1 No. Sycamore
Dairy Cottage Easter Kilmany Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4PT
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02017/TCA
Crown reduction to 1. No maple tree, and 1 No. cherry tree
144 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AF
Received 14 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02018/TCA
Pollard and reduce 2 No. Monterey Cypress trees
75 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LS
Received 14 Jul 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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