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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 dates6,606Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,287 approved or refused records
276Refused applications
5,011 approved · 276 refused · 297 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/02142/FULL
Change of use from opticians (Class 1A) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and associated works including installation of replacement door
38 - 40 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5HS
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02143/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of replacement door
38 - 40 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5HS
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02144/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of secondary glazing and extract ventilation
The Corrie Cross Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BE
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02145/FULL
Change of use from retail unit (Class 1A) to hot food take away (Sui Generis) and associated works including installation of replacement windows and entrance doors.
109 Wellesley Road Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1HU
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02146/FULL
External alterations to dwellinghouse
24 Beveridge Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UX
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Withdrawn25/02147/FULL
Formation of hardstanding
15 Sauchenbush Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5RL
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02148/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of new windows, doors, dormers and rooflights
The Steading Colton Farm Colton Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RU
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02149/PN
Prior approval for parapet alterations on bridge
Railway Bridge Newton Star Fife
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided24/00799/NMV2
Replacement roofing and rainwater goods (Non Material Variation to approval 24/00799/FULL to replace zinc box gutter)
1 West Burn Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 9UU
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Unknown25/00741/NMV1
Single storey extensions to side and rear of dwellinghouse and external alterations (Non Material Variation for installation of a small link porch and amendment to window fenestration on east elevation)
3 Whitehill Farm Bogside Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided23/01258/CDC1
Completion of Development of approval 23/01258/FULL
Old Church Main Road Bow Of Fife Cupar Fife KY15 4NH
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02151/CON
Electricity Act 1989 - Seagreen Wind Energy Ltd - Seagreen Alpha Offshore Windfarm and Seagreen Bravo Offshore Windfarm, Firth of Forth - Section 36 Consent Variation Application
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02152/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 51 Napier Road, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02154/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of secondary glazing
Crail Community Hall St Andrews Road Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3UH
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02156/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Glenfield Carnock Dunfermline Fife KY12 9JW
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02158/FULL
Erection of garage (Retrospective)
Firs Garage 28 Glenlyon Place Leven Fife KY8 4QY
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02159/FULL
Porch extension to side of flat (retrospective)
3 Union Street Kelty Fife KY4 0EE
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02160/FULL
Porch extension to front, raising of roof to side, dormer extension and balcony to rear and installation of replacement roof covering of dwellinghouse
East Rose Cottage Craigend Farm Lochgelly Fife KY5 0UE
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02162/FULL
Erection of substation, access road and associated works
Cameron Bridge Distillery Cameron Bridge Standing Stane Road Windygates Leven Fife KY8 5RL
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02163/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - South-West of Bullions Farm Cottages, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02164/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade apparatus
Wester Bogie Farm Wester Bogie Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5YG
Received 30 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02165/CON
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 Part 4 Marine LicensingTayport Harbour Trust Ltd - Maintenance Dredging at Tayport Harbour
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02166/FULL
Installation of extract ventilation
The Corrie Cross Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BE
Received 31 Jul 2025 - Decided25/02167/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, installation of dormer extension, and formation of raised platform
Church Cottage Kemback Cupar Fife KY15 5TS
Received 31 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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