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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
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for Fife. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
4,636 approved · 244 refused · 247 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 1996 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 11 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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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.
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 9 Nov 2023Land To East Of Whitefield Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 24 Nov 2023Land To East Of Whitefield Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 24 Nov 2023Land To South Of Hill View Kinglassie Fife
Received 12 Jan 2024Cupar North Cupar Fife
Received 8 Feb 2024Cupar North Cupar Fife
Received 8 Feb 2024229 - 231 High Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9AE
Received 9 Feb 2024Victoria Works 147 - 151 St Clair Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2BU
Received 18 Mar 2024Leckiebank Farm Leckiebank Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7ED
Received 3 Apr 2024Land East Of Clinkum Bank Inzievar Oakley Fife
Received 5 Apr 2024Land 200M To The West Of Fife Tractors Ltd Drum Road Cupar Muir Fife
Received 25 Apr 202429 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 9 May 2024Fairways The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 9 May 2024Land South Of Pitdinnie Farm Pitdinnie Road Cairneyhill Fife
Received 17 May 2024Mount Tabor Kirkton Of Balmerino Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8SA
Received 17 May 2024Land SW Of Younger Gardens Melville Road St Andrews Fife
Received 30 May 2024Land To East Of Craigfoot Walk Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 4 Jun 2024Public Park Fere Gait Kincardine Fife
Received 4 Jun 2024Annerley Glovers Wynd Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AE
Received 11 Jun 2024Land To North Of Primrose Lane Whinnyburn Place Rosyth Fife
Received 8 Jul 202469 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LN
Received 10 Jul 2024Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 19 Jul 2024Land South Of Baltilly House Craigrothie Road Ceres Fife
Received 25 Jul 20244 - 6 Boat Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8EZ
Received 12 Aug 2024Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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