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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5,090 approved · 283 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/02766/TPO
Various Species - Tree Felling List Appendix 1
Riverside Park Leslie Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02767/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
32 Drylie Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9AH
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided05/03132/CND030
Compliance with Condition 30 of Planning Permission 05/03132/WFULL - proposals for the restoration of the site
Redcraigs Quarry Roscobie Knockhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0SG
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02768/FULL
Erection of outbuilding
28A Townsend Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1HB
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02769/FULL
Change of use from industrial building (Class 5) to gymnasium (Class 11)
Former Bakers Merchant Place Mitchelston Industrial Estate Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3NJ
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02770/ARC
Approval of matters specified in condition 2 of application 17/00103/PPP (PPA-250-2338) for erection of 140 residential units (including 35 affordable units) and associated infrastructure including access, roads, footways/cycleways, landscaping, drainage, public art and play park
Land To The North Of Wellwood Primary School Main Road Wellwood Fife
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02771/TPO
Request to carry our tree works to fell 1 x Ash (TPO E0062)
Dairy Cottage Easter Kilmany Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4PT
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02772/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Collinswell Drive Burntisland Fife KY3 0AU
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02774/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - Outside 8 Braeside, Kennoway
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02775/CON
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Part 4 Marine LicensingPort of Dundee - Quay Improvement Works, Capital Dredgin and Sea Deposit, Port of Dundee
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00498/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00498/LBC - Finishing Material
104 High Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9AS
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/00170/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00170/FULL - Details of the specification and colour
Health And Safety Training Centre Main Street Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8DH
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Awaiting decision25/00170/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 25/00170/FULL - A Scheme of Landscaping
Health And Safety Training Centre Main Street Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8DH
Received 7 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02777/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for erection of garden shed to rear of property
Clatterwallops House Berryhill Farm Grange Of Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6HZ
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02778/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Inchmickery Road Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9NL
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02779/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 7m and 2, 8m high poles - North & South of West Lodge, Rankeilour Estate, Rankeilour, Bow Of Fife, Cupar
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02780/CON
Maintenance Dredge and Sea Disposal- Port of Grangemouth- Consultation- Response Required by 05 November 2025
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02781/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
53 Main Street Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0HE
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02782/FULL
Erection of 38 retirement dwellinghouses (over 55 years old) and 1 dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works including formation of access, drainage, SUDs and landscaping (Section 42 application to vary condition 2 of planning permission 24/02921/FULL)
Burnbrae Clay Road Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0AG
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02783/FULL
Extension to office (Class 4), formation of hardstanding, erection of boundary fencing, landscaping, and associated works (part retrospective)
AYE House Admiralty Park Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YW
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02784/FULL
Single storey extension and erection of replacement garden store to rear of dwellinghouse
118 Croft Crescent Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6EJ
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02785/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
1A Little Foothorn Crombie Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JT
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02786/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for alterations to shopfront
60 - 62 Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LD
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided24/02719/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 24/02719/FULL - Wheel Cleaning Facilities
Axon Agora Unit F Admiralty Park Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YW
Received 9 Oct 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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