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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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5,090 approved · 283 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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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.
Source: Historic Environment Scotland. Contains Historic Environment Scotland and Ordnance Survey data © Historic Environment Scotland – Scottish Charity No. SC045925 © Crown copyright and database right 2026. Open Government Licence v3.0. Data is indicative and may not contain the latest designations.
More application records
- Decided25/02791/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with raised decking
3 Main Street Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 9ND
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02793/FULL
Installation of sculptures & associated seating, formation of car park, vehicular access and associated works (amendment to 25/00779/FULL)
Land At Castle Road And Ferry Toll Road Rosyth Fife
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Withdrawn25/02794/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including repairs to walls, repainting and installation of rooflights
44 - 46 East Port Dunfermline Fife KY12 7JB
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02795/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of mechanical extractors, boiler and flue and secondary glazing
2 Upper Greens Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7BX
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Withdrawn25/02797/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for use of building as dwellinghouse (class 9)
Cairngreen Cottage Cupar Fife KY15 5SY
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02801/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated development
99 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DQ
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02802/FULL
Erection of community building comprising of toilet block with kitchen facilities and servery hatch, and associated works
North Queensferry Harbour Ferry Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HW
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided24/03098/NMV2
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2 (a and b), 2 (d to f in part), 3 (a, k & l), (3 b to j and m in part), 4 in part, 5 (a to c, l, m and n in part), 5 (d to k and o) 6, 9 and 12 in part of planning permission in principle 24/01423/PPP for residential development with associated landscaping, open space, access, drainage and other infrastructure and the relocation of existing school with associated playing fields, pavilions, workshops/business units, residential blocks, landscaping, parking, servicing and access (Non-material variation for alterations to 24/03098/ARC)
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02804/FULL
Change of use from disused civic building (Sui Generis) to mixed-use community, training, and enterprise hub (Sui Generis) and alterations including formation of replacement access ramp and escape stairs, installation of replacement windows and doors, alterations to car park, and associated development
Town House 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02805/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including formation of replacement access ramp and escape stairs, installation of replacement windows and doors and installation of slate roof vents
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02807/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - North-West of 6 Balgreggie Park, Auchterderran
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02808/FULL
Erection of summerhouse (retrospective)
22 Denfield Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2BG
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02809/FULL
Erection of a poly tunnel
Dour Cottage High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SH
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Awaiting decision25/02810/CON
Forestry Land Management Amendment - Altering felling phases due to significant wind blow and resulting tree health issues, and small change to areas of Natural Reserve (NR) also proposed at Devilla Forest and Tulliallan Wood
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02811/FULL
Single storey extension, and installation of 2 new windows and replacement door to rear of care home
Orchardhead House Ferry Toll Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2XE
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Registered25/02812/ARC
Formation of SUDS drainage, open space, play, public art, active travel route, landscaping and a link road (Phase 3) (Application for the Approval of Matters Specified by Conditions 1(f), (h), (i) (Development Components), 3 (Application requirements) 33 (Continuous road link A91 to C23) of Planning Permission in Principle (Ref 18/00280/EIA) at STAW Zone H1, St Andrews West SDA.
Land To West Of Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02813/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of replacement windows
16 Buchanan Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PG
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Registered25/02814/FULL
Change of use of garden ground to allow for siting of 3 no. holiday lodges, 2 no. ancillary units, formation of hardstanding, erection of boundary fencing, landscaping, and associated works
St Annes Thornton Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3NP
Received 10 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02816/FULL
Replacement single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
1 Mid Strathore Farm Cottage Strathore Road Strathore Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DF
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02817/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension and formation of platform to rear of dwellinghouse
7 Rires Road Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0EE
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02818/FULL
Alterations and extension to existing garage
10 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02819/FULL
Erection of garden room
Finavon 17 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DF
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02820/FULL
Reinstatement of garden wall and formation of hardstanding
Brooklyn High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SY
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02821/FULL
Alterations to dwellinghouses including formation of balconies, amendments to existing dormers and installation of flue (Renewal of 22/02575/FULL)
12 And 14 Flass Road Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8NL
Received 10 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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