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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 dates6,644Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,323 approved or refused records
277Refused applications
5,046 approved · 277 refused · 299 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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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
- Decided25/02325/FULL
Change of use from church hall (Class 10) to 5 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and associated external alterations including installation of new and replacement windows, door and rooflights, re-roofing and repointing
Strathmiglo Church Hall High Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7PR
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00834/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00834/FULL - Tree Protection Measures
Land South East Of Rosemount Grove Leven Fife
Received 13 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02328/FULL
Alterations to industrial building
Whitehill Industrial Estate 76 Whitecraigs Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RX
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02329/FULL
Formation of hardstanding and installation of EV charging point
98 Dick Crescent Burntisland Fife KY3 0BT
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/00834/CND009
Compliance with condition 9 of approval 25/00834/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Land South East Of Rosemount Grove Leven Fife
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided22/00848/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of Planning Permission 22/00848/FULL - Landscaping
Fairways The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 15 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02330/CON
Neart Na Gaoithe Offshore Wind Ltd - Construction Programme and Construction Method State - Revision 11 - Consultation
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 14 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02331/FULL
Installation of ramp to church, formation of hardstanding, and associated works
Bennochy Parish Church Meldrum Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5HX
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02332/FULL
Porch extension to front and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
359 Skibo Court Glenrothes Fife KY7 4RJ
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02333/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, and alterations to domestic outbuilding
1 Petrel Way Dunfermline Fife KY11 8GY
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02334/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for change of use of non-domestic building (Class 4) to domestic garage
Drumnagar Workshop Drum Road Cupar Muir Cupar Fife KY15 5RJ
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02335/APN
Prior notification for formation of private way
Hill Of Beath Farm Netherbeath Road Crossgates Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02336/TCA
Crown lifting 1no. Oak (Tree 1), Felling 1no. Horse Chestnut (Tree 2), Crown reduction 1no. Yew (Tree 3)
Kennelmaids Cottage Stob Cross Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JU
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02337/LBC
Listed building consent for replacement of existing fire alarm system
Inverkeithing Museum The Friary Queen Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LS
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02338/FULL
Replacement single storey extension, raised platform and steps to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Stevenson Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY6 1EG
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02339/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
39 Craigie Hill Drumoig St Andrews Fife KY16 0NA
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02340/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for garage conversion to form part of dwellinghouse
17 Sauchie Place Kinglassie Lochgelly Fife KY5 0YY
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02342/OBL
Discharge of Planning Obligation 03/03525/EEIA
Land North Of Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided24/00394/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Planning Permission 24/00394/FULL - Bat Surveys
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided24/00394/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of Planning Permission 24/00394/FULL - Badgers
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided24/00394/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 24/00394/FULL - Landscape Details
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02343/OBL
Discharge of Planning Obligation 11/06378/FULL
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02344/OBL
Discharge of Planning Obligation 16/00127/FULL
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 18 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02345/LBC
Listed building consent for replacement windows
4E Alexandra Place Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9XD
Received 19 Aug 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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