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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.
5,058 approved · 278 refused · 300 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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.
School Of Chemistry Purdie Building North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9ST
Received 27 Aug 202522 Pinkerton Road Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3UB
Received 28 Aug 2025The Lodge House Priory Lane Dunfermline Fife KY12 7DT
Received 28 Aug 2025The Lodge House Priory Lane Dunfermline Fife KY12 7DT
Received 28 Aug 2025Land To North Of 27 Queens Meadow Coaltown Of Balgonie Fife
Received 27 Aug 2025Westwood Park Glover Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 Aug 20251 - 9 Plantation Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9LR
Received 28 Aug 202535 Rose Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0QT
Received 28 Aug 2025Wester Radernie Wilkieston Peat Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5LG
Received 28 Aug 202513 Frankfield Crescent Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9LW
Received 28 Aug 202512-14 Hill Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LP
Received 28 Aug 2025Briery Hall Teasses Mill Craighall Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5PR
Received 28 Aug 2025Land To South Of Aranden Lathones Largoward Leven Fife KY9 1JE
Received 29 Aug 2025This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 28 Aug 202528 Dovecot Park Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TD
Received 29 Aug 2025Bayview 69 High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AH
Received 29 Aug 2025The Old Stable House Roscobie Dunfermline Fife KY12 0SG
Received 29 Aug 2025The Old Stable House Roscobie Dunfermline Fife KY12 0SG
Received 29 Aug 2025Jubilee Park Inchview Gardens Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 29 Aug 20252 The Pleasance Pleasance Road Halbeath Dunfermline Fife KY12 0TT
Received 29 Aug 2025Wester Radernie Wilkieston Peat Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5LG
Received 29 Aug 2025Rydell 7A Dean Park Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6XX
Received 1 Sept 202514 Hopetoun View Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9NS
Received 1 Sept 2025Dhucraig 48 The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AS
Received 29 Aug 2025Records 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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