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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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 dates6,762Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,430 approved or refused records
285Refused applications
5,145 approved · 285 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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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
- Withdrawn24/00924/NMV1
Non Material Variation to approval 24/00924/FULL for amalgamation of units 2-5 and associated external alterations to create a shell building for occupation by a single neighbourhood convenience retailer.
Land At Q3 Dunlin Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03363/FULL
Change of use from 5 no. flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) to 5 no. commercial holiday let accommodation units (Sui Generis)
Madras House South Street St Andrews Fife
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03364/FULL
Part change of use from business (Class 4) to form flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and associated alterations
54B High Street Leven Fife KY8 4NA
Received 10 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03365/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Colliston Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 0XW
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03368/FULL
Change of use from 6 no. flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) to 6 no. commercial holiday let accommodation units (Sui Generis)
St Andrews Hostel Inchcape House St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03369/FULL
Single storey extension to side and rear of dwellinghouse
6 Forgan Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8ET
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03370/FULL
Change of use from 9 no. flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) to 9 no. commercial holiday let accommodation units (Sui Generis)
4A St Marys Place St Andrews Fife
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03371/FULL
Change of use from open space to allotment site including erection of sheds, boundary fencing and associated works
Land To The South Of Skeith Health Centre Crail Road Anstruther Fife
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03372/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
South Scotstarvit Chance Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5QJ
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03373/TPO
C0024 - Felling of approx. 50+ ash trees at grade 3 and 4 within the the attached TPO woodland - Dunnikier Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Colours of the containers, equipment and fence
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Landscaping Plan
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Construction Method Statement and Management Plan
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Flood Alert Sensor Posts
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Trees
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Badgers Check
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Biodiversity Enhancement
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided22/03945/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of Planning Permission 22/03945/FULL - Wheel Cleaning
South Pargillis Clockluine Road Hillend Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HS
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03375/FULL
Erection of a crematorium (Sui Generis), construction skills academy (Class 10) and manufacturing facility (Class 5) including the formation of associated vehicular access, car parking and hard and soft landscaping and other associated supporting infrastructure (Section 42 application to vary Condition 2 of planning permission 23/01380/FULL relating to the phasing of development).
Development Land Whitworth Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03376/ARC
Erection of 87 residential units and associated works within Pod 2 of Phase 1 of the Halbeath Strategic Development Area (Application Ref: 17/01677/EIA). Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 3 (Part a - Residential Development and Associated Infrastructure); 4 and 5 (Application Requirements); 12 (Energy Statement); and 13 (Landscape and Habitat Management Plan).
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03377/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including replacement windows, door and beam, installation of rooflights to front and rear, remove render and re-point, repainting and formation of door to rear from window opening
23 High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BY
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03378/FULL
Single storey extensions to sides of dwellinghouse
4 Spinkie Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 8SH
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03379/FULL
Erection of retail store (Class 1A) with ancillary garden centre, provision of car parking and servicing areas, associated infrastructure and landscaping
Former Dobbies Garden Centre Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9XP
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03382/TCA
Felling of 1 No. Monkey Puzzle tree (T345-A1) and remedial work to 1 No. Turkey Oak tree (T354)
4 Kilcruik Road Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9XH
Received 15 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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