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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 dates6,700Searchable 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5,090 approved · 283 refused · 305 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision25/02822/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Construction of 3 vehicular accesses into proposed development site
Benarty Community Centre Hill Road Ballingry Fife KY5 8NN
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Withdrawn25/02824/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
30 Church Road Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9XR
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02826/TCA
Works to trees within conservation area
St Leonards Parish Church Donaldson Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DN
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02828/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - North of 2, and South and West of 38/40 Woodend Park, Cardenden
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02829/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-East of 72 Foulford Road, Cowdenbeath
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02830/TCA
Fell 1 No. Beech Tree
3 Barony Millgate Cupar Fife KY15 5ER
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02831/FULL
Erection of three replacement dormers to rear and formation of rooflight (Retrospective)
5 - 7 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02832/ADV
Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign and one internally illuminated totem sign
Sonder Commercial Developments Site Hayfield Industrial Estate Hayfield Place Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02833/FULL
Installation of dormer extensions to front of dwellinghouse, installation of rooflights to rear, and alterations to roof
3A Bishopgate Cupar Fife KY15 4BD
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02834/TPO
C0025 T004 - Reduce by up to 30%, C0025 T005 - Reduce by up to 30%, C0025 T006 - Reduce by up to 30%
13 Legion Court Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5JE
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02835/FULL
Erection of entrance porch to front of dwellinghouse and domestic garage to rear of dwellinghouse
36 Melville Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5SL
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02836/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
40 Main Street Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9SB
Received 8 Oct 2025 - Decided23/01150/CDC1
Proposed single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse (Completion of Development Certificate for 23/01150/FULL)
16 Main Street Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EJ
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02837/FULL
Change of use of part of building (nil use) to two flatted dwellings (sui generis)
Site Of Former Public Convenience Cadham Centre Glenrothes Fife
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02838/FULL
Formation of roof terrace and erection of domestic outbuilding
2 Tolmount Crescent Dunfermline Fife KY12 7YL
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02839/CON
Consultation by applicant on EIA Scoping Opinion regarding Bellrock Offshore Wind Farm (amendment to EIA methodologies submitted under previous scoping opinion request to Scottish Government which were responded to under 24/00966/CON)
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 13 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02840/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows to flatted dwelling
3B Baker Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 9PJ
Received 8 Sept 2025 - Decided24/02538/NMV1
Approval of matters specified in conditions (1 a-s) of planning permission in principle 21/02110/PPP for residential development (15 dwellinghouses), formation of new vehicular accesses and associated works (Non-material Variation for Revised footpath connection to Leckiebank Road to 24/02538/ARC)
Land Between Millflat And Leckiebank Road Auchtermuchty Fife
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02842/FULL
Extension to front of dwellinghouse
75 Evershed Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 8RF
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02843/FULL
Erection of rear extension to bakery operations and associated works
Orwell Bakery Loanhead Avenue Lochore Lochgelly Fife KY5 8DD
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02844/TPO
Fell 1 No. Portuguese Laurel tree
Oak Corner Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4PT
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02845/LBC
Listed building consent for removal of part of boundary wall, erection of access gates and formation of hardstanding to rear/side of dwellinghouse
Milton House 54 Main Street Milton Of Balgonie Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PX
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02846/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
7 Dronachy Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5QL
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02847/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation 3 no. rooflights and refurbishment of existing porch to rear
25 Skene Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7QL
Received 15 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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