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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 dates6,748Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,416 approved or refused records
284Refused applications
5,132 approved · 284 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided25/03206/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North of 6 School Row, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03207/FULL
Erection of outbuilding to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Mid Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HS
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03209/FULL
Two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
The Loans Lower And Upper Flat Westfield Road Cupar Fife KY15 5DS
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03212/FULL
Change of use from public open space to garden ground, formation of hardstanding, with landscaping and associated works (retrospective)
1 Leadburn Avenue Wellwood Dunfermline Fife KY12 0NU
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Awaiting decision25/03214/FULL
Erection of two wind turbines, associated working buildings, compound area, formation of access and ancillary development (Section 42 application for the development the subject of planning permission 14/02038/FULL) (with varied Conditions 1 and 4)
Middle Balbeggie Farmhouse Balbeggie Avenue Balbeggie Thornton Fife KY1 3NS
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03216/FULL
Change of use from office (Class 1A) to three flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and external alterations including re-roofing (Partial demolition of rear extension)
34 - 36 Canmore Street Dunfermline Fife
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03217/TCA
Request to carry out tree works to 2 x Beech trees: - fell T1 and crown reduction of T3Aberdour Conservation Area
Whitehall 22 Shore Road Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TU
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03218/FULL
External alterations including installation of windows, door, roof lights, solar panels, replacement roof covering and associated works
10 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5HH
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03219/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of windows, door, roof lights, solar panels, removal of external flue, replacement roof covering and associated works
10 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5HH
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03220/FULL
Single storey extension to side/rear of dwellinghouse
14 Broomhill Luthrie Cupar Fife KY15 4NY
Received 24 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03223/ADV
Advertisement Consent for installation of 1 no. non illuminated fascia sign and 1 no. non illuminated projecting sign
100 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PB
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03224/FULL
External alterations including installation of window and door and painting external render
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03226/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
2 Rolands Wynd Tayport Fife DD6 9ET
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03227/CAC
Conservation area consent for total demolition of dwellinghouse
7 Kinnessburn Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9HA
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03228/TCA
T1 Sycamore Tree - Remove due to damaging wall, T2 Ash tree - Remove due to Ash Dieback
Miramar Lower West Flat Marketgate South Marketgate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TJ
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03229/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of replacement window to rear of flatted dwelling
3C Gillespie Terrace The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AT
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided23/00693/NMV1
Approval of matters specified by condition 1 of 22/00400/PPP for the erection of dwellinghouse with associated drainage infrastructure (Non-material variation for external alterations to 23/00693/ARC)
Montrave Home Farm Montrave Kennoway Fife
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/00514/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 25/00514/FULL - Noise Assessment Requirement
Unit 3 Tom Stewart Lane St Andrews Fife KY16 8YB
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03230/FULL
Installation of beam to harbour crane
Crail Harbour Shoregate Crail Fife
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03231/FULL
Single storey extension and external alterations to rear of dwelling
45 Brucefield Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY11 4TD
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03233/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension and installation of window to rear of dwellinghouse
77 Letham Rise Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9FW
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided22/02635/CND021
Compliance with Condition 21 of Planning Permission 22/02635/FULL - Acoustic mitigation specified within the Noise Impact Assessment
Land To North Of Kent Street Dunfermline Fife
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided25/03234/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
Spalefield Lodge Spalefield Carnbee Anstruther Fife KY10 3LB
Received 25 Nov 2025 - Decided24/02689/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission 24/02689/ARC - Badger Survey
Land At Calais Muir Wood Sandpiper Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 25 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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