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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 dates6,684Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,359 approved or refused records
282Refused applications
5,077 approved · 282 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided25/02544/ADV
Display of: one fascia sign with associated light, one flag sign
West Unit 158 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EQ
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02546/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South-East of 202 Caskieberran Road, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02547/TEL
Notification of intention to install a cable
Dysart Primary School Normand Road Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2XW
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/01323/CND005
Installation of netting and associated works (Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 25/01323/FULL Ecological Assessment)
Dysart Harbour Hot Pot Wynd Dysart Fife
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02551/FULL
Erection of 4. no industrial units (Classes 4, 5 and 6) including external storage area, formation of car parking and hardstanding, boundary enclosures and associated drainage and landscape infrastructure (Section 42 application to vary condition 12 of planning permission 24/00708/FULL)
Site Adjacent To Dalgety Bay Recycling Centre Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 9 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00939/CDC1
Installation of 22 No. solar panels to garage roof (Completion of Development Certificate for 25/00939/FULL)
10 Ferryhills Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HE
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02553/FULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse including new balustrade, canopy and alterations to form new window
43 Abbotshall Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5PH
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02555/TPO
T1 Weeping Ash tree - Removal
Hope Park Parish Church St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02556/TCA
T1 Willow tree - Removal
19 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9ES
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02557/FULL
Installation of street hub unit
Street Hub Unit High Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02558/ADV
Display of digital display screens
Advertising Boards High Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02559/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
27 Brock Street North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JF
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02560/FULL
Change of use of office to dwellinghouse including extension and erection of rear boundary fence (renewal of planning permission 22/02340/FULL)
Balmashie Cottages Kenly Boarhills St Andrews Fife KY16 8PN
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02561/CON
Installation of life preservers on the A985 Kincardine Bridge
Street Record Kincardine Bridge Kincardine Fife
Received 11 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02562/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for extension to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Osnaburgh Court Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4SU
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Decided24/03098/NMV1
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2 (a and b), 2 (d to f in part), 3 (a, k & l), (3 b to j and m in part), 4 in part, 5 (a to c, l, m and n in part), 5 (d to k and o) 6, 9 and 12 in part of planning permission in principle 24/01423/PPP for residential development with associated landscaping, open space, access, drainage and other infrastructure and the relocation of existing school with associated playing fields, pavilions, workshops/business units, residential blocks, landscaping, parking, servicing and access (Non-material Variation for an amendment to house type HT-6-2 Elevation Option 2. Replacing section of external stone wall material with white render to 24/03098/ARC)
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02563/FULL
Installation of 3.no freestanding interpretation panels (amendment to 23/03204/FULL for change of location of 1 no. panel)
Various Locations At High Street Priory Court And Cove Wynd Pittenweem Fife
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02565/FULL
Erection of raised platform, and associated boundary treatments
Units 13-14 Belleknowes Industrial Estate Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HZ
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02566/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Bankwell Road Anstruther Fife KY10 3DA
Received 12 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02568/FULL
Extension of garage to side of dwellinghouse
30 Sauchenbush Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5RN
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02569/LBC
Listed Building Consent for reconstruction of sea front wall and boundary - 79 and 81 Abbey Wall Road, Pittenweem
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided23/03425/CDC1
External alterations to existing medical practice including installation of replacement windows and rooflights, part re-rendering of existing walls and replacement of damaged slates (Completion of Development Certificate for 23/03425/FULL)
Path House Medical Practice Nether Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2PG
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided24/02449/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 24/02449/FULL - phasing plan
Land To East Of Abbey Park Avenue St Andrews Fife
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02571/CAC
Conservation area consent for part demolition of property
Seymour House 111 Tay Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8AR
Received 15 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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