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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5,061 approved · 278 refused · 301 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/02488/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to cafe
1 East Port Dunfermline Fife KY12 7JG
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02489/FULL
Change of use from offices (Class 4) to 4 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of new and replacement rooflights, installation of PV panels, provision of EV charging points and formation of parking
Montgomery Forgan Associates Eden Park House Eden Park Cupar Fife KY15 4HS
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02490/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including installation of new and replacement rooflights, installation of PV panels, replacement doors and repainting of all windows and rainwater goods
Montgomery Forgan Associates Eden Park House Eden Park Cupar Fife KY15 4HS
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02491/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
31 Rodger Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3HU
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02492/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, installation of solar panels, installation of replacement windows, doors and gate, and formation of hard surface
Westgarth 32 Kirkmay Road Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3SA
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02493/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse
27 Station Road Windygates Fife
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided24/01208/NMV1
Alterations and extension to dwelling, including merging of the Cottage and Old Schoolhouse, erection of single storey extension, new roof to existing conservatory, installation of replacement windows, doors and rooflights (Non-material variation for external alterations to 24/01208/FULL)
The Old Schoolhouse School Row Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02496/FULL
Installation of replacement roof slates and installation of rooflights
Dyke End 8 South Croftdyke Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5QN
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided22/01914/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Planning Permission 22/01914/FULL - Construction traffic management plan
Land To North Of 10 To 22 Cameron Crescent Windygates Fife
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided22/01914/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of Planning Permission 22/01914/FULL - Wheel Cleaning Facilities Reason
Land To North Of 10 To 22 Cameron Crescent Windygates Fife
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided23/00346/CND023
Compliance with Condition 23 of Approved 23/00346/ARC - public art
Land To South Of Main Street Coaltown Of Wemyss Fife
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided22/01914/CND023
Compliance with Condition 23 of Planning Permission 22/01914/FULL - energy generating technologies
Land To North Of 10 To 22 Cameron Crescent Windygates Fife
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02498/LBC
Listed building consent for alteration to shopfront. (Retrospective)
40 High Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1NN
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Withdrawn25/02499/FULL
Creation of an amenity acoustic bund at an operational rock quarry which will form part of the quarry restoration.
Goathill Quarry Easter Bucklyvie Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8ES
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02500/FULL
First floor extension to side and replacement roof covering of dwellinghouse
8 Gordon Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9PJ
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02502/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 67 Greenlaw Crescent, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02504/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to allow installation of signage
New Picture House 117 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02505/ADV
Display of 18 no. advertisements of the following types : Fascia Sign, Box Sign, Projecting Sign
New Picture House 117 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02508/TPO
Removal of pine tree (TPO C0008)
22 Beechwood Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GD
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02509/LBC
Listed building consent for replacement of three sash and case windows
12A Hope Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9HJ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02511/TPO
Crown reduction to 1 No. Willow, 1No. Maple, 1No. Ash and 1No. Eucalyptus tree- TPO C0007-W1
20 Mount Frost Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JQ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02512/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Land At St Andrews West Bell Brae St Andrews Fife
Received 5 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02513/FULL
Installation/alteration to windows
41 Craigkennochie Terrace Burntisland Fife KY3 9EN
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02514/LBC
Listed building consent for two replacement windows and internal alterations
41 Craigkennochie Terrace Burntisland Fife KY3 9EN
Received 8 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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