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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 dates6,723Searchable 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5,110 approved · 284 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/02952/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
Heron Cottage 42 Miller Terrace St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BB
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02954/FULL
Erection of two outbuildings and timber decking to front garden of dwelling house (retrospective)
Duckhill Cottage Sunnyside Road Inzievar Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HB
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02955/FULL
Proposed installation of mural to gable end of building and erection of information board
11 Maygate Dunfermline Fife KY12 7NE
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02956/FULL
Installation of replacement door to rear of flat
28 Brucehaven Road Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HZ
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02957/FULL
Installation of flue to side/rear of dwellinghouse
Brae Head Collessie Brae Collessie Cupar Fife KY15 7RQ
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02958/FULL
Erection of canopy to front of dwellinghouse
16 Norval Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2RJ
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02959/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement rooftiles to rear single storey part of dwelling
24 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LS
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02960/FULL
Erection of bin store, fence and installation of gates (retrospective)
35 Dronachy Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5QL
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02961/FULL
Installation of replacement rooftiles to rear single storey part of dwelling
24 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LS
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02962/LBC
Listed building consent for external painting
Forth Cruising Club Capernaum Brucehaven Road Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3JR
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02963/FULL
External painting of clubhouse
Forth Cruising Club Capernaum Brucehaven Road Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3JR
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02964/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South of Caledonian House, Links Road, Leven
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02965/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 50 St. Nicholas Street, Glebe Road, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Oct 2025 - Decided22/01443/CDC1
Alterations and single storey extensions to front and rear of dwellinghouse (Completion of Development Certificate for 22/01443/FULL)
45 Trondheim Parkway West Dunfermline Fife KY11 4FD
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02967/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations to dwellinghouse
24 West Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BT
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02969/FULL
Installation of plant housing unit
Gas Holder Station Grange Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided24/01022/NMV2
Installation of 2 gas engine generating units (2 x 3.1MW) and erection of associated power-housing and infrastructure (Non-material Variation for proposes minor internal layout changes, including removal of some ancillary plant and relocation of a switchgear container to 24/01022/FULL)
R W E Biomass Plant Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GU
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02971/TPO
Tulip Tree, Liriodendron tulipifera - Prune remove, deadwood, crossed branches and crown by 20%
18 Pitbauchlie Bank Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DP
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02972/TCA
2x Beeches, approximately 6.5 to 7m high located at edge of garden. - Crown pruning to match previous work carried out several years ago.
8 Stob Cross Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6ED
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02973/TCA
Crown pruning to 2 beech trees within conservation area
8 Stob Cross Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6ED
Received 28 Oct 2025 - Decided25/02974/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse
260 High Street Methil Leven Fife KY8 3EQ
Received 28 Oct 2025 - Decided22/01074/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 22/01074/FULL - new raised junction speed table
Benarty Community Centre Hill Road Ballingry Fife KY5 8NN
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided22/01074/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Planning Permission 22/01074/FULL - wheel cleaning facilities
Benarty Community Centre Hill Road Ballingry Fife KY5 8NN
Received 27 Oct 2025 - Decided22/01074/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of Planning Permission 22/01074/FULL - Remedial Action Statement
Benarty Community Centre Hill Road Ballingry Fife KY5 8NN
Received 27 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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