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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 dates6,553Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,240 approved or refused records
269Refused applications
4,971 approved · 269 refused · 291 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/01970/TEL
Notification of intention to install 6, 9m high poles - North of 141 and North-West of 155 Napier Road, North of 91 Scott Road, and Opposite 40 and 48 and South-West of 50 Sinclair Avenue, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 7 Jul 2025 - Decided24/02700/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 24/02700/FULL - External Finishes
Century House 100 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LT
Received 7 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01973/FULL
External alterations including installation of extract fan
6 St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01974/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of extract fan
6 St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01976/TCA
Tree A - 60ft multi-stemmed Cypress tree - To reduce the height by 1/3
Braetrees 96A Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LP
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01977/FULL
Erection of fencing to sides of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
11 Scotstarvit Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 4TG
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided23/03127/NMV1
Development of site infrastructure associated with Phase 1 including construction of roads, footways, cycleways, re-routing of Whitefield Road, earthworks including platforming, landscape works, open space, contamination / remediation and drainage works relating to the wider consented development at the Halbeath Strategic Development Area (Application Ref: 17/01677/EIA). Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 3 (Parts d, e, g, h, j, k, l - Development Components), 4 (Application Requirements), 9 (Development Framework), 10 (Development Brief), 13 (Landscape and Habitat Management Plan), 14 (Public Art Strategy), 26 and 27 (Road Improvements), 28 (Footway / Cycleway) and 30 (Road Re-Alignment and Stopping Up) (Non-Material Variation for alterations to the road alignment and mini-roundabout arrangement at the northern junction between Queen Margaret Fauld and Whitefield Road; and narrowing of and amendments to, the proposed stopped-up section of Whitefield Road).
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 8 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01979/LBC
Listed Building Consent for removal of boundary wall to form vehicular access
12 Wemyssfield Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1XN
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01980/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and external alterations to dwellinghouse
18 Thornhill Court Glenrothes Fife KY6 1JS
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided24/01981/TPO
Ash tree - removal of tree, tree is suffering from ash dieback and tree has grown at an unsafe angle
24 Raith Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NP
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01983/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and doors
Orchard Grove Erskine Brae Culross Fife KY12 8JS
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01984/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement roof to flatted dwellings
4-9 Harbour Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DP
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01986/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations (retrospective)
Whitehall 22 Shore Road Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TU
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided22/03416/NMV4
Non material variation to 22/03416/FULL for further amendments to paving/hard surfacing
Land To The West Of Levenmouth Swimming Pool Promenade Leven Fife
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided24/00284/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 24/00284/FULL - Site Clearance - Birds
Land East Of Canmore Primary School Aberdour Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided24/01711/NMV1
Formation of golf course with driving range, erection of clubhouse, spa and holiday accommodation, gatehouse and agronomy and maintenance buildings (sui generis) including conversion of farmhouse/steading (Class 9) to mixed use events space (Class 11) with access, car parking and ancillary support buildings and associated landscaping, drainage and renewable technology infrastructure (Non-material variation to 24/01711/FULL for amendments to approved plans)
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided24/03098/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 24/03098/ARC - Trees and Bat Roost Survey
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01989/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of boiler and flue, including mechanical extractor fan vents
62 High Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6AQ
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01990/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing) for use of outbuilding as ancillary accommodation
Briardene Aytounhill Ayton Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JH
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01991/FULL
Installation of French doors to rear of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
Whitehall 22 Shore Road Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TU
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01992/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations
1 East Port Dunfermline Fife KY12 7JG
Received 10 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01994/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - Outside 1/3/5 Hawthorn Terrace, Thornton
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided24/00852/NMV1
Change of use from offices (Class 4) to form 32.no affordable flatted dwellings (Sui Generis), including alterations to install replacement doors, windows, solar panels, replacement lightwell roof, erection of bin storage, landscaping works and installation of electric vehicle charging upstands (Non Material Variation to reduce height of cupola to plinth level to 24/00852/FULL)
New City House 1 Edgar Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7EP
Received 9 Jul 2025 - Decided25/01995/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - West of Grey Craig House, Saline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 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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