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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5,077 approved · 282 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/02572/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and erection of boundary fence
4 Felkington Avenue Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XP
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/00757/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse, and associated works (Non-material variation for external wall finish to masonry facing blockwork to 25/00757/FULL)
Land To East Of White House Leuchars St Michaels Fife
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/01549/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/01549/FULL - a sample of the external colour of the container
Land Adjacent To Boat Yard Woodburn Place St Andrews Fife
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02574/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations including installation of extract ventilation and flue
St Michaels High Terrace Anstruther Fife KY10 3DW
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02575/FULL
Formation of layby
Rusacks Marine Hotel Pilmour Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JQ
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02576/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of replacement door
Balbirnie House Hotel Balbirnie Park Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NE
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02577/FULL
Erection of domestic detached garage and shed (in retrospect)
Marmel Main Street Auchtertool Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5TH
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02579/OBL
Discharge of Planning Obligation for 00/00046/EOPP
The Steading Over Kellie Farm Anstruther Fife KY10 2RX
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Withdrawn25/02582/FULL
Erection of new buildings and conversion, part demolition, extension and refurbishment of existing buildings to form residential units and ancillary commercial floorspace (Classes 1, 2, sui generis take away and sui generis licensed premises and Class 10) with associated infrastructure, parking, landscaping, and access (Section 42 application to vary condition 7 of 24/02980/FULL relating to the provision of car club parking spaces)
Pilmuir Works Pilmuir Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 0QA
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02583/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
31 Scaraben Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HL
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02584/FULL
Removal of existing poles, erection of a new utility pole and installation of associated electrical lines
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02585/SCR
Environmental Impact Assessment screening request for residential and commercial (Class 4) development including formation of accesses, landscaping, open space, drainage and other associated infrastructure
Land To The West Of North Dundonald Farm Cardenden Fife
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided23/03038/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 23/03038/FULL - samples of the external construction materials finishes
Land To West Of Inn At Kingsbarns Main Street Kingsbarns Fife
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided23/03038/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 23/03038/FULL - Landscaping Scheme - Future Management
Land To West Of Inn At Kingsbarns Main Street Kingsbarns Fife
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02586/TEL
Notification of intention to replace and install telecom apparatus
Telecommunications Mast Earlseat Farm Standing Stane Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 15 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02587/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - East of 50 Springbank Road, Kennoway
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02588/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecom equipment
Telecommunications Mast Site Kingseat Hill Kingseat Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02589/FULL
Erection of shed in retrospect
1 Bramble Drive Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1FA
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Registered25/02590/FULL
Erection of six nos. houses (Class 9) and associated development and landscaping, including formation of vehicular access
Land North East Of Norman Place Leslie Fife
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/01174/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/01174/FULL - Surface Water Managment Plan
The Bowhouse Cluny Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6FN
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided24/02449/CND011
Compliance with Condition 11 of Planning Permission 24/02449/FULL - Ecological Appraisal
Land To East Of Abbey Park Avenue St Andrews Fife
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02592/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with associated alterations
2 Main Street North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JG
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided19/02107/CDC1
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse - Completion of Development of approval 19/02107/FULL
Ballantrae Cottage Collessie Cupar Fife KY15 7UD
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02597/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 28 Groban, Leven
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 16 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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