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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 dates6,630Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,309 approved or refused records
277Refused applications
5,032 approved · 277 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/02231/FULL
Change of use of dwellinghouse (Class 9) to commercial holiday let (sui generis)
4 Alfred Place City Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9XG
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02232/FULL
Installation of dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
90 Strathallan Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5TP
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02233/FULL
Reconstruction of boundary wall
Laburnum Cottage Kirk Park Road Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DG
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02234/FULL
Installation of replacement rooflights
9D Braehead St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AW
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02235/FULL
Erection of community centre (class 10) with office space (class 4), and cafe (class 3) with outdoor seating area, erection of ancillary building (class 10), alterations to vehicular access, formation of car parking, landscaping, and associated works (Demolition of existing building)
Dalgety Bay Community Centre Moray Way North Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9UZ
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02236/FULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse including replacement roof, rendering and painting of windows
34 & 36 Nethergate Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9SY
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02237/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal works and alterations to dwellinghouse including replacement roof, rendering and painting and secondary glazing to windows
34 & 36 Nethergate Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9SY
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02238/FULL
Erection of 1.9m high fence along southern boundary with associated vehicle access (Retrospective)
Hillcrest Blebocraigs Cupar Fife KY15 5UQ
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02239/PPP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 2 No. dwellinghouses and associated works including landscaping and drainage
Land To South Of Halbeath House Kingseat Road Halbeath Fife
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02240/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness for internal and external alterations to dwellinghouse
4 The Craig Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2DR
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02241/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
27 West Braes Crescent Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3SY
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02242/TCA
Crown reduction to 2no. sycamore F0045 - T31 & T32
Street Record Forth Park Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02244/PN
Prior Approval for installation of replacement windows to front of dwellinghouse
Pierhead House 21 Main Street Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HL
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided23/02384/CND003
Compliance with condition 3 of approved 23/02384/FULL - Sample Panels
1 Albany Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HH
Received 6 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02245/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
7 Baldinnie Place Glenrothes Fife KY7 4TL
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02246/FULL
Formation of dormer to the front of dwellinghouse, installation of replacement windows
35 Abbotshall Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5PH
Received 7 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02247/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations including installation of replacement door and installation of replacement gate
1 Douglas Street And 82 High Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AT
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02248/FULL
Provision of foul and surface water sewers and associated works in connection with residential development
Land At Junction Of Foxton Drive And Blackwood Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02249/FULL
Outline planning permission for the erection of 4 self-catering lodges and formation of new access and landscaping works (section 42 application to vary condition 5 of 04/03563/EOPP)
Land To The South Of Hillside Lucklawhill Balmullo Fife
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02250/FULL
Amendment to design and position of lodge 3 (section 42 application to vary condition 3 of 12/01709/FULL)
Land To The South Of Hillside Lucklawhill Balmullo Fife
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02251/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
11 Gillway Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2UJ
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02253/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to dwellinghouse
89 High Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7PR
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02254/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations to dwellinghouse
9 East Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AR
Received 8 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02255/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
28 Lorraine Drive Cupar Fife KY15 5DY
Received 8 Aug 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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