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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5,110 approved · 284 refused · 307 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/03054/LBC
Listed building consent for extension to side of shop and reconstruction of wall
60 - 62 Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LD
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03056/FULL
Alterations to and change of use from disused day centre (Class 10) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis), including installation of windows and door
43 High Street Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2UQ
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided24/01711/CND019
Compliance with Condition 19 of planning permission 24/01711/FULL - new fencing and boundary enclosures
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/01803/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/01803/FULL - Low Carbon Checklist
Land To South Of Main Street Coaltown Of Wemyss Fife
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03057/TCA
Request to carry out tree works - fell 2 x False AcaciasUpper Largo Conservation Area
The Grove 40 Main Street Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EW
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Withdrawn25/02289/NMV1
First floor extension to side elevation of dwellinghouse (Non Material Variation to increase the width of the extension from 3.0m to 3.5m to 25/02289/FULL)
70 Garvock Terrace Dunfermline Fife KY12 7UW
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03058/FULL
Erection of domestic garage to front of dwellinghouse
Le Sonas Anstruther Fife KY10 2DE
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03059/FULL
External alterations including installation of door
University Group West 89 - 99 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03060/FULL
Formation of access and associated works
St Andrews United Club Langlands Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8BN
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03061/ADV
Display of 8 No. non-illuminated fascia boards
Tesco Supermarket South Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JE
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03062/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of door
University Group West 89 - 99 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided23/03300/NMV1
Erection of office building with associated access, parking and landscaping (Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1(b,f,g,i- Development Components), 3 (Application Requirements), 5 (Additional Requirements), 16 (Biodiversity) and 18 (Energy Statement) of consent 18/00280/EIA) (Non-material Variation to 23/03300/ARC to form new pedestrian link bridge, amendments to plant and roof edge protection, minor amendments to various external door openings and update to internal floorspace configeration).
Land To West Of Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03063/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
Nottingham Farmhouse Muirhead Freuchie Cupar Fife KY15 7JF
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03064/TPO
Works to protected trees (E0062)
Loaning Hill Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4PT
Received 7 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03067/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with glazed balcony
58 Bay Road Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8LZ
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03068/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
15 Lomond Crescent Dunfermline Fife KY11 4BY
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03069/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Mast Fordell Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03072/FULL
Erection of extension to side and front of dwellinghouse, erection of garage, and associated works (demolition of existing extension and car port)
Orchard Cottage Greenside Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9TH
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03074/FULL
Part infilling of undercroft within the courtyard of the school
Madras College Bell Brae St Andrews Fife KY16 9BY
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03075/FULL
Change of use from public open space to garden ground, and associated works including formation of access, installation of hardstanding, and erection of boundary fencing
10 Daniel Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2UA
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03076/FULL
Siting of sauna cabin and associated works (temporary for 5 years)
The Bungalow 29 St James Place Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9SU
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03079/SCR
Environmental Impact Assessment screening request for data centre and associated infrastructure
Camilla Farm Auchtertool Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5XW
Received 10 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03080/TCA
Request to carry out tree works - Fell 2 x Lime trees on land to west of Shore Road, AberdourAberdour Conservation Area
Street Record Shore Road Aberdour Fife
Received 11 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03081/FULL
Erection of garage/store
7 Clatto Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8SD
Received 11 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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