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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 dates6,758Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,426 approved or refused records
285Refused applications
5,141 approved · 285 refused · 308 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 1996 to 8 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 13 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided24/00708/CND017
Compliance with Condition 17 of Planning Permission 24/00708/FULL - Noise Mitigations
Site Adjacent To Dalgety Bay Recycling Centre Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03311/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
75 Dothan Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6GD
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/02793/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02793/FULL - L&A Quality 1
Land At Castle Road And Ferry Toll Road Rosyth Fife
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03312/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - South-East of 29A, North-East of 46 and North of 48 Struan Place, Inverkeithing
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03313/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of 2 grills to rear and internal alterations to dwellinghouse
21 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LR
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03314/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 11m high pole - North-East of Senior Citizens Centre, Station Road, Kincardine
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03316/FULL
Dormer extensions to front and rear, and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
6 Inverie Street St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AQ
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided24/03196/NMV3
Erection of 4 dwellinghouses including formation of access, car parking and associated drainage and landscape infrastructure (Section 42 application to vary Condition 5 of 23/02336/FULL in relation to car parking) (Non-material variation for external alterations to 24/03196/FULL)
Kinburn Castle Doubledykes Road St Andrews Fife
Received 5 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03317/FULL
Erection of two storey domestic garage building with associated external staircase
19 Park Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HX
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03318/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Douglas Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 9YG
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03319/FULL
Installation of rooflight and replacement window to rear of dwelling
43 Argyle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9BX
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03320/FULL
Formation of dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
16 Asquith Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1PW
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/02542/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02542/FULL - boundary specification
2 Queens Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9QF
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided23/01084/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 23/01084/FULL - Finishing Materials
2 Queens Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9QF
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03321/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
28A Townsend Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1HB
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03322/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) to use dwellinghouse as commercial holiday let
Craw Wud Kellie Castle Kellie Arncroach Anstruther Fife KY10 2RF
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03323/FULL
Erection of outbuilding and formation of decked area to rear garden of dwellinghouse
Milford Lodge 5 Donaldson Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DN
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/02386/NMV1
Single storey extension and installation of 2 windows to rear of dwellinghouse - (Non-material variation for external alterations to 25/02386/FULL)
3 Hilton Farm Steadings Hilton Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HA
Received 8 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03327/TPO
Reduction works to various trees in TPO area
3 Mount Frost Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JQ
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03329/FULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
3 Mckenzie Square St Andrews Fife KY16 8ND
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03330/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse, erection of replacement garage, and erection of garden shed
Pinehurst Carnock Road Gowkhall Dunfermline Fife KY12 9NX
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03331/LBC
Listed Building Consent for external works to building, including installation of replacement roof covering, installation of rooflights, repointing works, and structural repairs
Leuchars Station Army Base Innes Road Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0JX
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03332/PN
Prior notification for installation of replacement windows
Carberry West Port Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BL
Received 9 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03333/FULL
Formation of temporary access (2 years)
Land To South Of Hill View Kinglassie Fife
Received 9 Dec 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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