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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 dates6,723Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,394 approved or refused records
284Refused applications
5,110 approved · 284 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/02901/PN
Prior notification for installation of replacement window
70 West Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HP
Received 14 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02903/FULL
Alterations to shopfront
1A Moray Way North Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9NH
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02904/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for installation of ventilation
Rexroth Bosch Group Unit V6 Viewfield Industrial Estate Viewfield Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RD
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02905/FULL
Erection of two dwellinghouses and associated works
Land To North Of 117 And 119 New Row Dunfermline Fife
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02906/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Land To The Rear Of 118-120 Main Street Low Causewayside Newmills Fife
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02907/FULL
Dormer extension to front and dormer extension to rear and retrospective installation of replacement roof covering for dwellinghouse
125 Jamphlars Road Auchterderran Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0ND
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02909/FULL
Temporary planning permission (in retrospect) for ancillary amenity hub with hot tub deck (three years)
St Andrews Holiday Estate Knockhill Of Nydie Strathkinness St Andrews Scotland KY16 9SL
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02910/FULL
Demolition of existing buildings and construction of a new university teaching and learning facility, including cafe, landscaping, public realm and associated works
Land At Technology Centre And John Honey Building North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Withdrawn25/02911/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works (demolition of existing buildings)
Sunnyside Blairsgreen Farm Saline Road Kinneddar Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9LH
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02912/FULL
Erection of sales building and fencing and installation of hardstanding, septic tank, water tank, power generator and associated works (temporary for 24 months) (retrospective)
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02913/FULL
Replacement of chimney stack
IT Services Old Union Building 77 - 83 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02914/LBC
Listed building consent for repairs to chimney stack
IT Services Old Union Building 77 - 83 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided22/01914/CND022
Compliance with Condition 22 of Planning Permission 22/01914/FULL - landscape plan
Land To North Of 10 To 22 Cameron Crescent Windygates Fife
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02915/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for erection of rear extension with decking, conversion of integral garage to accommodation, erection of outbuilding in rear garden and alterations to boundary wall to widen driveway and re-build gatepost
41 Raith Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NP
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02916/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and extending part of boundary fence
12 West Brae East Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4LA
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02917/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to church
Monimail Parish Church Monimail Cupar Fife KY15 7RJ
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02918/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement window, ventilation grills and path to sides and rear, and internal alterations to church
Leslie Baptist Church 48 North Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DJ
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02920/FULL
Installation of replacement window, ventilation grills and path to sides and rear of church
Leslie Baptist Church 48 North Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DJ
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02921/CON
Marine Scotland Consultation regarding marine licence (licence ref. 00011464) for deposit of marine growth at Neart na gaoithe Offshore Wind Farm
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 21 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02922/CON
The Public Gas Transporter Pipeline Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 1999 Notice of Request for Scoping Opinion for proposed application for Forestmill Pipeline Diversion
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02924/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of enlarged replacement doors
Allan House Woodside Leven Fife KY8 5TE
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02925/CLP
Proposed installation of new dormer to the rear and rooflight to front elevation
1 Allan Robertson Drive St Andrews Fife KY16 8EX
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02926/FULL
Erection of new-build facility for research and development (Class 4) (decarbonising the production of energy, fuels and chemicals) including labs, offices, plant, service yard and associated works (amendment to 23/03338/FULL for re-configuration of site layout, revision of envelope design, increase to plant compound scale, and installation of flues and gantry)
Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 22 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02927/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Part retrospective)
Land To South Of Viewfield House Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife
Received 22 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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