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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5,077 approved · 282 refused · 303 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/02620/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling to commercial holiday let accommodation (Sui Generis)
Flat 3 Hycroft Lodge Walk Elie Leven Fife KY9 1EE
Received 18 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02621/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to flatted dwelling
20 Manse Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TT
Received 18 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02623/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-West of 51 Scooniehill Road, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02624/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - East of 48 and 73, and West of 57 Moffat Crescent, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decision25/02625/CON
Consultation for Woodland Creation for land at Pusk Farm near St Andrews
Pusk Farm Toll Road Pusk Balmullo Fife
Received 16 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02626/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) in respect of change of use from betting shop (Sui Generis) to restaurant (Class 3) with ancillary hot food takeaway; and not for installation of flue shown
446 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8LS
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02628/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for internal alterations to a Secondary School
Madras College Bell Brae St Andrews Fife KY16 9BY
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Withdrawn25/02629/FULL
Installation of velux windows to roof of dwellinghouse
The Gate House Caiplie Court Cornceres Kilrenny Anstruther Fife KY10 3JR
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02630/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to House in Multiple Occupation (5 persons)(Sui Generis)
29 Inchkeith Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 4HS
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02631/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
13 Garden Place Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XA
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02632/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of window, alterations to door, installation of extraction vents and repainting of the front facade (amendment to 25/01393/LBC)
19 - 21 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02633/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
46 Jamie Anderson Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8YG
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02634/TPO
Two large lime trees in a small private garden - Crown reduction to reduce height and width and overhang to adjacent properties
23 Briarhill Avenue Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9UR
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02635/PPP
Planning Permission in Principle for erection of residential development including formation of vehicular access, parking and landscaping works
Couston Farm Burntisland Fife KY3 0RX
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02636/TCA
Norway spruce T1 on plan - Remove, Norway spruce T2 on plan - Remove
Old Free Church Pleasance Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7AN
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decided25/01394/NMV1
Subdivision of existing Class 1A commercial premises on the ground floor to form two Class 1A commercial premises and external alterations including installation of extraction vents, replacement window and alterations to door (Non-material variation for internal layout changes to 25/01394/FULL)
19 - 21 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 19 Sept 2025 - Decided24/02831/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of Planning Permission 24/02831/CAC - Gap Site Condition
The Anchorage Wadeslea Elie Leven Fife KY9 1EA
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decided23/02229/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 23/02229/FULL - Construction and Environmental Management Plan
Land To The South Of Tailabout Drive Tailabout Crescent Cupar Fife
Received 22 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02637/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for alterations to front porch, reduction of window size to side, installation of doors and rooflight to rear of dwellinghouse
42 Sandylands Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JS
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02638/FULL
Formation of footpath and associated landscape works
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02639/FULL
Installation of replacement roof
Burnside Cottage 36 Main Street Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NA
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02640/FULL
Formation of hardstanding area to rear of flat
20 Minto Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9DF
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02641/FULL
Change of use of agricultural shed to business (Class 4)
Farmhouse Wester Dron Dron Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4RW
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02642/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for use of land as construction yard (Class 5)
Land At The Quarry Carnock Road Oakley Fife
Received 23 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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