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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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5,110 approved · 284 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/02997/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
North Cottage Scotstarvit Farm Cupar Fife KY15 5PA
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided24/00779/CDC1
Erection of canopy over door (Completion of Development for 24/00779/FULL)
Garden Cottage School Brae Letham Cupar Fife KY15 7RN
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03034/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for alterations to form additional ventilation
Tayport Telephone Exchange 24 Grey Street Tayport Fife
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03001/FULL
One and a half storey extension with dormer and balcony to side and single storey porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
26 Scotland Terrace Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6AT
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03003/TCA
wild cherry and domestic plum - cutting down of cherry and trimming top of plum
60 Kilbagie Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4QX
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03004/ADV
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign
60 - 62 High Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1NN
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided21/01596/NMV4
Erection of combined 24-bedroom residential care and 12-unit one-bedroom one-person (1b1p) extra care housing building with associated vehicle parking, service areas and landscaped open space (Non-material variation for external alterations to 21/01596/FULL)
Dalgairn Centre Bank Street Cupar Fife
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Withdrawn25/03006/FULL
Alteration and extension to quarry including revised working scheme and concept restoration strategy for the site (Section 42 to temporarily not comply with Condition 34 of Planning Permission Reference 08/03390/EIA to allow for a trial blast)
Burrowine Moor Quarry Bogside Blairhall Fife
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03007/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
50 Scoonie Drive Leven Fife KY8 4SN
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03008/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to second floor layout
18 High Street West Anstruther Fife KY10 3DL
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03009/FULL
Repainting of doors
Old Stables House North Wynd Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LU
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03013/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
34 Dundas Street Townhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0EJ
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03014/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3 bollards, a gate, steps and a handrail
Telecommunications Mast Clockluine Road Hillend Fife
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03015/FULL
Erection of garage to side of flatted dwelling
10 Westport Place Cupar Fife KY15 4AL
Received 3 Nov 2025 - Registered22/01420/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 of planning permission 22/01420/CON - Landscaping and Ecological Management PlanSITE: Devilla Forest, Kincardine
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03016/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement roof, and replacement fascia and replacement water goods
60 Kilbagie Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4QX
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03017/FULL
Replacement roof covering
8 Calmans Wynd Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NS
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03018/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement roof
8 Calmans Wynd Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NS
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03019/FULL
Change of use of office (Class 4) to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works
The Depot School Brae Letham Cupar Fife KY15 7RN
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03020/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of fencing
Battery Point Battery Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JY
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03021/FULL
Installation of fencing
Battery Point Battery Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JY
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03022/FULL
Formation of ramp to front of commercial property
23 Chapel Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AW
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03023/ADV
Display of non-illuminated freestanding sign
Hillside School Main Street Aberdour Fife
Received 4 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03024/FULL
Single storey extension to dwellinghouse
47 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9DA
Received 4 Nov 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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