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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 dates6,598Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,281 approved or refused records
275Refused applications
5,006 approved · 275 refused · 295 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Decided25/02112/FULL
Installation of door
46 Cromwell Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9EH
Received 24 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02113/FULL
Installation of replacement doors
Ship Tavern Bruce Street Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9TJ
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02114/PN
Prior Approval for installation of replacement windows
2 Bruce Street Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9TJ
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02116/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including alterations to shopfront, formation of first floor glazed balustrade, re-rendering, installation of replacement windows, installation of pv panels and erection of rear extension (demolition of part of building to the rear)
125 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UH
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02118/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
45 Leven Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AJ
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02119/FULL
External alterations including installation of replacement door and installation of replacement gate
1 Douglas Street And 82 High Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AT
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02120/TPO
Request to carry out tree works - Trim/Crown lift 3No. Sycamore trees covered by TPOs T315, T317 and T314TPOs/Elie and Earlsferry Conservation Area
Todburn House Chapel Green Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AD
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02121/FULL
Excavation works, installation of pipework and new inspection chamber and infill of existing septic tank
Wester Park Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02123/FULL
Installation of window
16 Boat Brae Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8EX
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02124/FULL
Installation of doors to flatted dwelling to form Juliet balcony
11 David Henderson Court Dunfermline Fife KY12 9DX
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/02125/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement roof tiles, windows and door, installation of rooflight, and repainting walls and rainwater goods of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
Wisteria Cottage Croft Crescent Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6EH
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/02126/FULL
Installation of replacement roof tiles, windows and door, installation of rooflight, and repainting walls and rainwater goods of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
Wisteria Cottage Croft Crescent Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6EH
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02127/TCA
Crown thinning to 1 No. sycamore by 30%, crown reduction to 2 No. lime trees
16 Main Street Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SZ
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/02128/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement door
Honeysuckle Cottage West Green Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JH
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided24/01924/NMV2
Erection of dwellinghouse and garage and formation of hardstanding (including demolition) (Non Material Variation to alter Roof apex heights. Additional attic rooflight to store above kitchen. Rear terrace at FF covered area revised and add awning to cover part of terrace. Roof of terrace store area increased in height. Generally minor adjustments to window positions and sizes. Bike store now located under external stair to 24/01924/FULL)
St Regulus Cottage Gregory Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9PU
Received 25 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02130/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations, including installation of steel beam (retrospective)
6 The Square Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SS
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02132/FULL
Installation of platform lift to front of dwellinghouse
41 Braehead Cupar Fife KY15 4BG
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02133/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for siting of two shipping containers to accommodate existing Class 5 operations to accept hybrid vehicle batteries for reuse and recycling
Blancomet Scot Ltd Unit 7 Pitreavie Drive Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife KY11 8US
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02134/FULL
Erection of self-contained ancillary accommodation and studio, and associated works (Demolition of existing garage)
Westburn Wynd West Burn Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 9TP
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02135/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to the dwellinghouse (bell) tower
1 South Waid Farm Road Anstruther Fife KY10 3FS
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02138/LBC
Listed building consent for external altertations including installation of replacement stone, windows, doors and rainwater goods, installation of new windows, re-roofing, repointing and re-roughcasting
St Clair Tavern 2 - 4 St Clair Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2QE
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02139/PN
Prior Notification for the installation of gas pipe
Flexcon Whitworth Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 2TF
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/00071/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approval 25/00071/FULL to move position of the gabion wall (Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse)
2 Galahill Burntisland Fife KY3 9BS
Received 28 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02140/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 4 Mitchell Street, School Lane, Leven
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 28 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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