Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 dates6,683Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,358 approved or refused records
281Refused applications
5,077 approved · 281 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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.
Conservation areas48 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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
- Withdrawn24/02320/NMV1
Alterations including demolition of existing porch, installation of replacement windows, and single storey extension to rear of the dwellinghouse (Non-material variation for Juliet balcony at front elevation omitted. Finishing material at the back elevation changed to render to match existing to 24/02320/FULL)
Rubislaw 3 The Terrace Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DS
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02515/LBC
Listed building consent for external maintenance works to front, side, and rear elevationsPoint open joints to front and side elevations. On Rear elevation unpick old cement based mortar and replace with lime mortar.
89 High Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7PR
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02516/FULL
Erection of single storey side extension
St Johns Lodge High Street Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NF
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02517/LBC
Listed Building Consent for erection of single storey side extension
St Johns Lodge High Street Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NF
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided23/01942/CND024
Compliance with Condition 24 of Planning Permission 23/01942/FULL - detailed design of active travel measures including shared cycle tracks, crossings, associated lighting, drainage, traffic signs and road markings.
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02518/FULL
Erection of replacement outbuilding
Whinnyhall Landfill Site Burntisland Fife KY3 9YG
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02519/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement window
St Andrews Baptist Church South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EQ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02520/FULL
Installation of replacement window
St Andrews Baptist Church South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EQ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02521/ADV
Advertisement consent for 1x fascia sign. (Retrospective)
40 High Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1NN
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00246/CND001
Condition Compliance for Condition 1 of 25/00246/LBC - PRIOR TO WORKS COMMENCING ON SITE
St Peters Church Church Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LQ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00247/CND001
Condition Compliance for Condition 1 of 25/00247/FULL - Methodology
St Peters Church Church Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LQ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02527/ADV
Display of non-illuminated interpretation board
Limekilns War Memorial Promenade Limekilns Fife
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02528/ADV
Display of vinyl wrap to dispensing machine with associated light
The Pharmacy Bishops Court Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5LA
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Withdrawn25/02529/FULL
Extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
6 Forgan Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8ET
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02530/FULL
Replacement conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Seaside Place Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TX
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02531/FULL
Alterations to shopfront to accommodate dispensing machine
The Pharmacy Bishops Court Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5LA
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02533/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Apparatus Ballingry Farm Ballingry Fife
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02534/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecom equipment
Telecommunications Mast Site Kingseat Hill Kingseat Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02535/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows to flatted dwelling
3A Baker Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 9PJ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02536/ARC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 3(a, g, h, j); 4(a-x, z); 5(c, d, f); 25(a,b); 30 of application 16/03915/EIA for the erection of 132 residential units and associated works.
Land To South Of Cocklaw Street Kelty Fife
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Withdrawn25/02538/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 8 No. replacement windows to first floor flatted dwelling
2 Tay Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6AL
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02541/TPO
Reduction to height of Spruce tree (TPO E0062-A1)
3 Old Railway Station Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4PT
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02542/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding with associated battery storage system, re-contouring of garden, and the erection of boundary walls (retaining) and timber fencing
2 Queens Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9QF
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02543/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to shopfront and internal alterations
West Unit 158 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EQ
Received 10 Sept 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Fife
Start 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.
How to search planning applicationsGuides to planning records
All planning guides
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.
UK researchPublished Updated
Property research · 13 min read
Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
UK researchPublished Updated
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.
Check collection coverage