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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 dates6,690Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,364 approved or refused records
282Refused applications
5,082 approved · 282 refused · 304 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/02667/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse
73 Carson Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2SN
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02668/ADV
Display of 17 no. signs
Eden Clubhouse Old Guardbridge Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9SF
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02669/ADV
Display of 2 non-illuminated freestanding signs
St Andrews Links Trust Pilmour Cottage Old Guardbridge Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9SF
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02670/ADV
Display of 10 non-illuminated signs
Driving Range Eden Clubhouse Old Guardbridge Road St Andrews Fife
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02671/ADV
Display of 11 non-illuminated signs
The Jubilee Course West Sands Road St Andrews Fife
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02672/ADV
Display of 8 no. non-illuminated freestanding signs
West Sands West Sands Road St Andrews Fife
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02673/ADV
Display of 6 no. non-illuminated freestanding signs
West Sands West Sands Road St Andrews Fife
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02674/ADV
Display of 18 no. signs
New Course Clubhouse West Sands Road St Andrews Fife
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02675/FULL
Installation of stair lift to existing external stairs to rear of flatted dwelling
First Floor Right 112A Townhill Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 0BN
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02676/FPN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential)
Glenduckie Farmhouse Glenduckie Farm Dunbog Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JF
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided24/00394/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of Planning Permission 24/00394/FULL - Tree Protection
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02677/FULL
Dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
25 Springhill Brae Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8BQ
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02680/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness- proposed for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Preston Cottage West Road Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9UN
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02681/FULL
Erection of boundary gates and formation of new vehicular access and hardstanding
Laburnum Bank Links Place Elie Leven Fife KY9 1AX
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided23/02229/NMV1
Erection of 49 affordable dwellings, open space and drainage infrastructure (Non Material Variation to approved 23/02229/FULL to amend front entrance door canopies for the amenity bungalows on plots 10-13 and 46-49
Land To The South Of Tailabout Drive Tailabout Crescent Cupar Fife
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02682/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations, including erection of various signage and repainting to existing fascia board
70 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NU
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02683/ADV
Display of 1 no. fascia sign and 2 no. vinyl signs
70 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NU
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02684/FULL
Single storey extension and formation of platform to rear, alterations to porch and erection of outbuilding
29 Douglas Drive Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8PZ
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02686/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 Broom Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8QZ
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decision25/02687/FULL
Partial change of use of existing retail unit (Class 1A) and external alterations including installation of replacement windows and erection of extension to form 5 flatted dwellings (sui generis) and 1 dwellinghouse (Class 9) (partial demolition of building)
105 - 107 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9QW
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decision25/02689/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of replacement windows and erection of extension (partial demolition of building)
105 - 107 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9QW
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02690/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for extension and alterations to dwellinghouse
10 Beechwood Court Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GJ
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02693/TCA
Removal of elm tree within conservation area
5 - 7 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Registered25/02694/EIA
EIA application for the First Periodic Review of Planning Conditions of Mineral Permission 08/03390/EIA - ROMP application under Section 74 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997
Burrowine Moor Quarry Bogside Blairhall Fife
Received 29 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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