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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5,145 approved · 285 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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More application records
- Decided25/03383/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - South-East of 6 Motion Street, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03384/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m and an 8m high pole - West of 19 West Park, Lumphinnans Road, and Opposite 26 Paul Street, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03385/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
15 Neidpath Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 0XJ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03386/FULL
Erection of replacement boundary walls/fences/gates to rear of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
2 Cadham Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PG
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03387/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station - Bankhead of Balcurvie Farm, Windygates
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03389/CON
Electricity Act 1989 - The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 - The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - Revision to the Operation and Maintenance Programme (OMP), Revision 1.0 and Revision 4.0 to each licence - RESPONSE DUE DATE 22 JANUARY 2026
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Withdrawn25/03390/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access, and associated works
Craigencalt Farm Grangehill Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9YG
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03391/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - North of 1A and South of 2A Nelson Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03392/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - North of 32 Easter Craig Gardens, Saline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03393/FULL
Installation of platform lift and steps to front of dwellinghouse
20 Newbigging Terrace Main Street Auchtertool Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5XL
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03394/TCA
Request to carry out tree works - 1 x Sycamore (reduce canopy spread by 1/3)Burntisland Conservation Area
26 East Leven Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9DX
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03395/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 3 St Margarets Well, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03396/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 22 Kirkpark Road, Elie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03397/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-East of Ashes Farmhouse, A985, Culross
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03398/FULL
Three storey extension to property to form 9 no. commercial holiday let accommodation units
4J St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03399/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for formation of new window openings
Todhall Farm Foxton Cupar Fife KY15 4RQ
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03400/SCO
Scoping opinion for erection of Wind Farm comprising of 4 wind turbines (200m to tip), and associated infrastructure including BESS, with a total site capacity of 48MW (28MW of wind, and 20MW of BESS) - Land to the East of Hilton Farm Kelty KY4 0HF
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Dec 2025 - Withdrawn19/03207/NMV2
Erection of 20 Dwellinghouses, 12 flatted dwellings and associated infrastructure (Non Material Variation for fencing to the culvert to 19/03207/FULL)
Land To The South Of Aberdour Road At Geds Mill Close Burntisland Fife
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03402/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
9 Panmure Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6JY
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03403/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Mast Moor Loch Lane Kincardine Fife
Received 11 Dec 2025 - Awaiting decision25/03404/CON
Pitmedden and Weddersby Land Management Plan AmendmentResponse due by 12 January 2026
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 15 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03406/FULL
Erection of replacement pump station cabinets
Street Record Anstruther Road St Andrews Fife
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03407/FULL
Formation of emergency access route
Development Site At Motray Park Guardbridge Fife
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided24/01229/NMV1
Approval of matters required by conditions of planning permission in principle 22/03199/PPP for the erection of dwellinghouse including formation of access (Non-material Variation to 24/01229/ARC for change to external finish from half render and stonework to full stonework)
Land 350M North East Of Edenbank Farmhouse Dron Dairsie Fife
Received 16 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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