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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 dates6,662Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,339 approved or refused records
278Refused applications
5,061 approved · 278 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/02438/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
93 St Johns Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7TL
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02439/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for a single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and installation of 1 no. rooflight to side
36 Hogarth Drive Cupar Fife KY15 5YH
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided21/02770/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approved 21/02770/FULL to increase the height of the flatted block by 225mm
Jenny Gray House 1 Melville Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9JD
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02440/PN
Prior Approval for works to bridge/aqueduct Near Muirhead Freuchie
Aqueduct Muirhead Freuchie Fife
Received 29 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02441/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding and retaining wall and installation of replacement gate
Braehead 4 The Terrace Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DS
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided24/00181/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approved 24/00181/FULL - reduce the overall footprint
Braidleys Cottages Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7HP
Received 29 Aug 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00779/CND004
Compliance with condition 5 of approval 25/00779/FULL - SUDS
Land At Castle Road And Ferry Toll Road Rosyth Fife
Received 29 Aug 2025 - Decided25/02442/FULL
Two storey extension to rear, and single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
3 Upper Kinneddar Gardens Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TY
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02443/TPO
Works to lime trees (TPO E0009)
4 Meadowfield Court Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7AT
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02445/APN
Prior notification for erection of agricultural storage shed
Hill Of Beath Farm Netherbeath Road Crossgates Fife
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02446/FULL
Formation of vehicular access
21 Strathkinnes Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5PU
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02447/FULL
Change of use from retail unit (Class 1A) to cafe (Class 3) and external works including alterations to shopfront, formation of first floor glazed balustrade, re-rendering, installation of replacement windows, installation of pv panels and erection of rear extension (demolition of part of building to the rear)
125 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UH
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02448/PN
Prior Approval for installation of anti-trespass equipment on bridge - Overbridge (OB) 090/121 Pittilock No. 1
South Aqueduct At Pittiloch Burn New Inn Glenrothes Fife
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02449/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Cabinet Kirkton Farm Fife
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided24/00111/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of Planning permission 24/00111/FULL- Contaminated Land
Castlehill Mine Brankstone Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02450/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of pedestrian and vehicular gates
1 Alison Grove Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8YU
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02451/FULL
Erection of trellis and pergola with associated decking
2 Ellice Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3HJ
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02452/LBC
Listed building consent for maintenance works to boundary wall
Carnbee Cemetery Carnbee Anstruther Fife KY10 2RU
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02453/FULL
Alterations and extension to industrial building
Cooks Builders Yard Scoonie Park Leven Fife KY8 4TD
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02455/FULL
Installation of plant and equipment
Cupar W W T W Cupar Fife KY15 4SX
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided22/01370/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of Planning Permission 22/01370/CAC - construction contracts
5 Kinburn Place Doubledykes Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9DT
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided23/00084/NMV3
Alterations and extension to allow for change of use from hotel (Class 7) to 6 flatted dwellings and associated works (Partial Demolition of existing building) (amendment to planning reference 22/01675/FULL to allow external alterations to the East elevation and installation of 6 no. air source heat pumps and erection of smoke shaft) (Non material variation to planning permission 23/00084/FULL for Amend glazing unit thickness to new timber sash & case windows, flat roof details amended to include parapet walls, 1No. air source heat pump removed from high leve roof and relocated to low level roof)
Russell Hotel 26 The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AS
Received 1 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02459/FULL
Installation of dormer extension to front and rear, and windows to the rear of dwellinghouse
6 West Park Road Cupar Fife KY15 5DL
Received 2 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02460/TCA
Works to trees within conservation area
1 Shepherds Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HJ
Received 2 Sept 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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