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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,700Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,373 approved or refused records
283Refused applications
5,090 approved · 283 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Decided25/02695/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecom cable
104 - 106 High Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7DP
Received 23 Sept 2025 - Awaiting decision24/02449/CND024
Compliance with Condition 24 of Planning Permission 24/02449/FULL - dilapidation survey
Land To East Of Abbey Park Avenue St Andrews Fife
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02696/LBC
Listed building consent for replacement access ramp
University Group East 65 - 75 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AL
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02697/FULL
Installation of replacement access ramp
University Group East 65 - 75 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AL
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02698/TCA
Felling of 1 No. Spruce tree
The Stablings New Road Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7DB
Received 25 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02699/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South-East of 235/237 Foulford Road, Cowdenbeath
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02700/TEL
Notification of intention to install 5, 9m high poles - Outside 5, West of 4 and 6, North-West of 28 Kinbrae Park, and South-East of Telephone Exchange, Shepherd's Road, Newport On Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02701/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
8 Braehead Way Glenrothes Fife KY6 3PD
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02702/FULL
Erection of garage
Garage No 3 Auld Burn Park St Andrews Fife
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02703/FULL
Erection of summerhouse to rear garden area
6 Donaldson Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DN
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02704/TPO
TAG 00928 Sycamore - Dismantle to ground level., TAG 01000 Sycamore - Reduced newly exposed specimen by 4m., TAG 00545 Sycamore - Dismantle to ground level. , TAG 00998 tall spindly Sycamore - Reduce crown height by 5m. , TAG 00996 Sycamore - Reduce crown height by 4m. , TAG 00995 Sycamore - Reduce crown height by 4m., TAG 00993 tall and slender Sycamore - Reduce crown height by 4m.
5 Mount Frost Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JQ
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02705/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
70 West Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HP
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02708/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Herd Crescent Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2DZ
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided22/04272/NMV1
Change of use from agricultural storage building to dwellinghouse (Class 9) Non-material Variation for half-dormer moved from west to south elevation; balcony repositioned to suit same. One kitchen window omitted. Shed 3 retained to 22/04272/FULL)
Wester Glasslie Farm South West Of Falkland Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HQ
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02709/FULL
Erection of commercial units (each initially for either a Class 4 or Class 6 use) and associated development, including erection of substation and formation vehicular access and parking
Land To West Of Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02710/FULL
Change of use from shop (Class 1A) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of awning, external painting and installation of new and replacement windows and door
Ground Floor 38 Queen Anne Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AY
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02711/FULL
Installation of 2 no. rooflights to rear, alterations to window to form door and demolition of outbuildings.
6 Cunzie Neuk Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9UF
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02712/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of 2 no. rooflights to rear, alterations to window to form door, demolition of outbuildings and internal alterations.
6 Cunzie Neuk Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9UF
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02713/FULL
Installation of rooflights to front and rear of dwellinghouse
5 Telny Place Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TG
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02714/ADV
Display of 1 free-standing LED illuminated sign and 1 LED backlit totem sign
Street Record Halbeath Retail Park Dunfermline Fife
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02716/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 6 Shepherds Road, Newport on Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02717/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - Opposite Newton House, 8 Blackburn Avenue, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02719/LBC
Listed building consent for lead cope details to roof
St Leonards Church Brucefield Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY11 4TB
Received 30 Sept 2025 - Decided25/02720/ADV
Display of 1 No. non-illuminated V stack sign board
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 30 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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