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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 dates6,588Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,271 approved or refused records
274Refused applications
4,997 approved · 274 refused · 295 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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
- Decided25/02033/FULL
Erection of single-storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, erection of domestic garage, alterations to dwellinghouse, and formation of balcony
1 Hilton Road Pitfirrane Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8RG
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02034/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
8 Tay Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8AG
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02035/LBC
Listed Building Consent for repainting window surrounds and door, and repair pointing
11 Main Street Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TL
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02036/FULL
Alterations to driveway (removal of monoblock replace with gravel)
11 Main Street Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TL
Received 15 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02039/FULL
Installation of solar panels on side house and garage roofs, and driveway resurfacing to front of dwellinghouse
45 Commercial Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6DF
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Decided23/01632/NMV2
Residential Development of 50 dwellings with associated infrastructure including access, landscaping, drainage, SUDS and open space (Non Material Variation to alter the internal layouts of affordable housing units and alterations to layout to 23/01632/FULL)
Land To South Of Main Street Colinsburgh Fife
Received 16 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02040/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including repainting and installation of flues and new and replacement rooflights
32 Canmore Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7NT
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02041/FULL
Part change of use of student accommodation (Sui Generis) to gymnasium (Class 11), and external alterations including installation of replacement doors
Development Land At Former Madras College Kilrymont Road St Andrews Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Registered25/02042/FULL
Erection of six nos. maturation warehouse units (Class 6) and associated development including formation of vehicular access and hardstanding
Site North Of Osprey Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02043/ADV
Display of a replacement non-illuminated fascia sign to front of building
William Rankine Building Rosyth Business Park Stuart Road Rosyth Dunfermline KY11 2YD
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02044/ARC
Approval of matters specified by condition for erection of 5 dwellinghouses and associated access (including demolition of agricultural shed)) (24/00910/PPP)
The Blue Shed Kinaldy Farm Lathockar St Andrews Fife KY16 8NA
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02045/FULL
External alterations to dwellinghouse including single storey extension to rear, alteration of balcony and formation of canopy, installation of external door, windows and rooflights, formation of hardstanding and patio and installation of access gate
11 George Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3AS
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/02046/FULL
Erection of freestanding and wall mounted directional signs
St Marys Gardens St Marys Place St Andrews Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02047/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of No.1 non-illuminated wall sign (retrospective)
St Marys Gardens St Marys Place St Andrews Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02048/ADV
Display of 2 free standing signs, one of which is externally illuminated
St Marys Gardens St Marys Place St Andrews Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02049/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for a single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 Cedar Crescent Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4BE
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02051/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-East of 145 Forres Drive, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02052/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South of 41-51 New Road, Kennoway
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02053/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of air source heat pumps and associated plant
Aberhill Primary School Wellesley Road Methil Leven Fife KY8 3AD
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02054/FULL
Installation of air source heat pumps and associated plant
Aberhill Primary School Wellesley Road Methil Leven Fife KY8 3AD
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Registered25/02055/FULL
Erection of two houses (Class 9) and associated development including formation of vehicular access
Land At Braeside Road Newport On Tay Fife
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02056/FULL
Installation of air source heat pumps and associated plant
St Agathas R C Primary Park Drive Leven Fife KY8 5BL
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02057/FULL
Installation of air source heat pumps and associated plant
Carnegie Primary School Pittsburgh Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8SS
Received 18 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02058/FULL
Change of use from barn to form extension to dwellinghouse and associated works including installation of new windows
Farmhouse Craigiewells Newark St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2DD
Received 22 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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