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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
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 dates6,645Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,324 approved or refused records
277Refused applications
5,047 approved · 277 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided25/02346/TCA
Felling of 1no. dead tree, and replacement
50 Raith Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NR
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Registered25/02347/ARC
Development of site infrastructure associated with Phases 2 and 3 including construction of roads, footways, cycleways, earthworks, landscape works, open space, contamination / remediation and drainage works relating to the wider consented development at the Halbeath Strategic Development Area (Application Ref: 17/01677/EIA). Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 3 (Parts d, e, f, g, h, j, l - Development Components);�4 (Application Requirements);�10 (Development Brief);�12 (Energy Statement);�13 (Landscape and Habitat Management Plan);�14 (Public Art Strategy); 32 (Parts b and c - Upgrading of Pleasance Road and Footway / Cycleway Connections); and 33 (Part a - Northern Link Road).
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02349/FULL
Change of use of part from retail unit (Class 1A) to restaurant with drive through (sui generis) and associated works including external alterations, alterations to parking and road layout and landscaping.
Former Nationwide Building Society Carnegie Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY11 8PE
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02350/FULL
Erection of pergola with associated raised platform
96 Rose Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RE
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00902/NMV1
External alterations to dwellinghouse (Non Material Variation for addition of 1No. rooflight to 25/00902/FULL)
3 The Cribbs St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AD
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02352/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 8m and a 9m high pole - South of The Bungalow, Kingseat of Outh and East of Yellowscott Country Park Chalets, Craigencrowe, Kelty
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02353/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 42 Hamilton Avenue, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided22/01929/CDC1
Erection of two holiday accommodation units (cabins), associated infrastructure and parking (Completion of Development Certificate for 22/01929/FULL - Eden Lodge, 3A Easter Kincaple Farm only)
Land Adjacent To Cottages Easter Kincaple Farm Strathtyrum St Andrews Fife
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Withdrawn21/02350/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 of approval 21/02350/FULL - Passing Place
Cuffabout House Cupar Road Leven Fife KY8 5NJ
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided24/02830/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approval 24/02830/FULL - change roof design to remove 4 no. rooflights and add dormer window
27 Westfield Terrace Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HX
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02356/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
4E Alexandra Place Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9XD
Received 19 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00712/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00712/FULL - Landscaping
Clayton Caravan Park Clayton St Andrews Fife KY16 9YB
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00712/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of Planning Permission 25/00712/FULL - ecological mitigation measures
Clayton Caravan Park Clayton St Andrews Fife KY16 9YB
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Withdrawn25/02357/FULL
Formation of emergency access route
Development Site At Motray Park Guardbridge Fife
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02359/FULL
Change of use of flatted dwelling to short-term holiday let (in retrospect)
Flat 3 6 Pilmour Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HZ
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02360/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
Leckiebank Farm Leckiebank Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7ED
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02361/FULL
Erection of retaining wall, installation of rock armour at waterfront, and installation of handrails
Leven Promenade Promenade Leven Fife KY8 4HY
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided18/00078/CND018
Compliance with Condition 18 of Planning Permission 18/00078/FULL - Public Art Strategy
Land At Seggie Farm Seggie Guardbridge Fife
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02362/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, with associated parking
Windrush Cottage Main Street New Gilston Leven Fife KY8 5TF
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02363/FULL
Construction of a Terrestrial Solar Farm and Associated Development (Section 42 application to vary condition 10 (landscaping) of 22/02880/FULL)
Westfield O C C S Fife
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02364/FULL
Formation of access ramps, platforms and doors, raised decking and doors, installation of replacement front door and siting of electrical generator and sprinkler tank/pump enclosure to front/side/courtyard of nursing home
Abbotsford Nursing Home Mina Crescent Kinglassie Lochgelly Fife KY5 0XT
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02365/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North of Westray Lodge, Strathkinness Low Road, St. Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided21/00386/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approved 21/00386/FULL - alterations to dormer and increase size of rear extension
15 Kinkell Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 8DS
Received 20 Aug 2025 - Decided22/00848/CND009
Compliance with condition 9 of approval 22/00848/FULL - Best Practice - Otter Survey
Fairways The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 20 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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