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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 dates6,764Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,432 approved or refused records
285Refused applications
5,147 approved · 285 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/03409/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including repairs to walls, repainting and installation of louvres and rooflights
44 - 46 East Port Dunfermline Fife KY12 7JB
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03411/FULL
Change of use of nightclub (Class 11) to dentist (Class 1A) with associated teaching space, and external alterations including repairs to walls, repainting and installation of louvres and rooflights
44 - 46 East Port Dunfermline Fife KY12 7JB
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03412/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
74 Pettycur Road Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9RW
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03413/LBC
Listed building consent to remove and re-build bell tower and repair skew to front and side of church
Kelty Parish Church 2 - 4 Station Road Kelty Fife KY4 0BL
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03415/FULL
Erection of industrial building (Class 5), formation of hardstanding and other site supporting infrastructure.
Building 77 Nasmyth Road Rosyth Business Park Rosyth Fife
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03416/FULL
External alterations including installation of replacement windows and roof tiles
2 Bankton Park Kingskettle Cupar Fife KY15 7PY
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03417/ADV
Display of 12 non-illuminated interpretation panels at various locations within Kirkcaldy
12 Interpretation Panels Various Locations Including Station Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03418/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - Opposite 4 Balcurvie Road, Windygates
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 16 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03419/FULL
Alterations and installation of rear dormers to roof (Renewal of 22/03432/FULL)
1 Beck Crescent Dunfermline Fife KY12 0BA
Received 13 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03420/TEL
Notification of intention to install 4, 10m high poles - North of 1 Erskine Street, South of 7 Ewing Street, North-East of 87 Small Street, Ewing Street, and South-East of 59/61 Small Street, Foote Street, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03421/FULL
Porch extension to front and extension to rear with balcony
1 Lower Glebe Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0XJ
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided20/02702/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 20/02702/FULL - 3 off-street parking spaces
Anchorage Cottage Denhead St Andrews Fife KY16 8PB
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided20/02702/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 20/02702/FULL - existing vehicular access
Anchorage Cottage Denhead St Andrews Fife KY16 8PB
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03422/FULL
Erection of industrial unit (Class 5)
Industrial Unit Briggs Marine Seaforth Place Burntisland Fife
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03423/FULL
Installation of Air Source Heat Pump and roof mounted PV Panels
The Bungalow High Street Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NF
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03424/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
110A Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LT
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03426/FULL
Display of 2 no. plaques on school estate
Headmasters House St Leonards School The Pends St Andrews Fife KY16 9QJ
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03428/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m high poles - South of 15 and 17 Manse Road, Glencraig
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Registered25/03429/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Land East Of Jubilee Gardens And South Of Main Street Milton Of Balgonie Fife
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03430/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion for proposed amendment to delivery days and times for waste feedstock into existing Westfield Energy Recovery Facility at the Former Westfield Opencast Coal Site
Westfield O C C S Fife
Received 17 Dec 2025 - Decided24/00402/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of Planning Permission 24/00402/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Bonnygate Car Park Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LB
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03431/EIA
Change of use from agricultural land to holiday park extension (Phase 4) comprising of up to 216 static (lodge style) pitches and associated infrastructure including internal roads, SUDS and landscaping.
Stewarts Resort Cameron St Andrews Fife KY16 8PE
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03432/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
Crombie Point House Crombie Point Dunfermline Fife KY12 8LQ
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided22/01914/NMV2
Non-material variation for amendments to Plots 1, 2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, 21, 22, 24, 25, 27, 30, 40 50 and 64 (handed), swap Myrtle House type from plots 6-7 to 13-14 and replace with Hazel House type, swap plot 21 from Maple to Wisteria and Plot 22 from Wisteria to Maple, and amendment to external materials of all plots - replacement of facing brick and cladding with Anstone, to 22/01914/FULL
Land To North Of 10 To 22 Cameron Crescent Windygates Fife
Received 18 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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