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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 dates6,740Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,410 approved or refused records
284Refused applications
5,126 approved · 284 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/03133/LBC
Listed building consent for replacement of 20 no. windows to front of hotel
Rusacks Marine Hotel Pilmour Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JQ
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03134/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for single storey extension and formation of platform to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Caiplie Craig Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2PB
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03135/ADV
Display of 5 No. externally illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. externally illuminated projecting sign
41 - 44 Shore Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3AQ
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03136/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of beam to harbour crane
Crail Harbour Shoregate Crail Fife
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03138/FULL
Erection of garden room and formation of decking to side of dwellinghouse
Aithernie Promenade Leven Fife KY8 4HY
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03139/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 57 Tay Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided24/00796/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Appeal Decision for 24/00796/FULL - Scheme of Landscaping
Caravan Park Knockhill Of Nydie Nydie Strathkinness Fife
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided24/01949/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Local Review Decision for 24/01949/FULL - Scheme of works for construction management
Land West Of Redroofs Woodlands Markinch Fife
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided24/01949/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Local Review Decision for 24/01949/FULL - Details of the measurements to be exmployed to prevent mud, debris or other deleterious material being carried onto and accumulating on the public roads
Land West Of Redroofs Woodlands Markinch Fife
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03140/FULL
Alterations and extension to existing outhouse to form summer house
42 West End St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BX
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03142/FULL
Installation of various replacement roof coverings, replacement fascia and replacement water goods
60 Kilbagie Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4QX
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03143/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and extension to existing garage
21 Dovecot Park Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TE
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03144/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
13 Ravenscraig Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2AL
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03145/FPN
Prior notification for erection of 3 forestry buildings
Forestry And Land Scotland Site Greenknowes Kelty Fife
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03146/FULL
Single storey extension and erection of double domestic garage to front of dwellinghouse
Cottage Bank Newmill Farm Foodie Cupar Fife KY15 4RF
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Decided24/00394/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission - 24/00394/FULL - Contaminated Land
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 18 Nov 2025 - Withdrawn25/03148/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows and omission of window
16 Greyfriars Garden St Andrews Fife KY16 9HG
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03149/TCA
Pollard 1 No. Lime, fell 2 No. Conifers, crown reduce and reshape 1 No. Laburnum and 2 Cherry trees
6 The Square Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SS
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03150/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations, including installation of window and door and painting external render
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03151/TCA
Back garden - 2 yew, 1 maple, 1 apple, 1 cherry, 3 conifers, 1 spruce, 1 other - To fell all trees as above
6 The Square Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SS
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03152/TPO
Scots Pine - Per 24/02287/FULL, the Scots Pine has shifted and is hazardous., Birch - Tree is dead and overhanging road. To be removed.
Riverview Lodge 111 Tay Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8AR
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03153/LBC
Listed building consent for repair works to footbridge
Footbridge Port Street Inverkeithing Fife
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03154/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with associated roof terrace, installation of replacement windows and installation of new air source heat pump (amendment to 22/03820/FULL for increase depth of extension, use of new roof as roof terrace (& balustrading) omitted, alteration to windows and doors, alteration to air source heat pump details, installation of PV panels)
4 Main Street Kilconquhar Leven Fife KY9 1LQ
Received 19 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03155/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, erection of ancillary accommodation, formation of access, installation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works (demolition of existing dwellinghouse)
7 Kinnessburn Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9HA
Received 19 Nov 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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