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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 dates6,769Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,437 approved or refused records
285Refused applications
5,152 approved · 285 refused · 308 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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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
- Registered22/02270/CND018
Compliance with Condition 18 of Planning Permission 22/02270/FULL - Noise Levels
Milesmark Roads Depot Carnock Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 9AX
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03433/FULL
Alterations and rear extension to dwelling to connect two properties
2 - 4 Mid Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BA
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03434/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to rear to connect two dwellings
2 - 4 Mid Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BA
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Withdrawn25/03435/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Rossie Farmhouse Rossie Farm Rossie Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7EH
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03437/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
44 Arkaig Drive Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8YW
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Withdrawn25/03438/FULL
Replacement ATM and associated works
Royal Bank House 13 Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03439/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension and alterations to/replacement doors to rear of dwellinghouse
26 Bruce Gardens Dunfermline Fife KY11 8HG
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03440/LBC
Listed building consent for fixings for the installation of a floating boom across harbour entrance
Charlestown Harbour East Harbour Road Charlestown Fife
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03441/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Balgonar 19 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LR
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Withdrawn25/03442/FULL
Erection of studio dwellinghouse (Class 9)
34 George Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3AU
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03443/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Balgonar 19 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LR
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03444/FULL
Change of use from bookmakers (Sui Generis) to form ancillary hotel rooms (Class 7) including external alterations
15 Shore Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3EA
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03445/FULL
Erection of car port
Land To South Of Alexandra Place Alexandra Court St Andrews Fife
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03446/FULL
Installation of fixings for floating boom across harbour entrance
Charlestown Harbour East Harbour Road Charlestown Fife
Received 18 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03447/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to form acoustic enclosures
New Picture House 117 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided24/01741/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 24/01741/FULL - Method Statement
5 Greyfriars Garden St Andrews Fife KY16 9HG
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03448/CLP
Certificate of Lawfunless (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
30 Marywell Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2RJ
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/00834/CND013
Compliance with Condition 13 of Planning Permission 25/00834/FULL - Landscaping Future Management
Land South East Of Rosemount Grove Leven Fife
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03449/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
29 Dunimarle Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8RZ
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03451/FULL
Single storey extension to rear and first floor extension to side of dwellinghouse
41 Winram Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8XH
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03452/LBC
Listed Building Consent for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
103 High Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DA
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/03453/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alterations and erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
2 Main Street Carnock Dunfermline Fife KY12 9JQ
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Registered25/03454/EIA
Planning permission in principle for erection of a 400kv electricity substation, decommissioning of existing 275kv equipment and associated infrastructure including plant, machinery, accesses, drainage, underground cables and landscaping
Westfield Substation Fife
Received 19 Dec 2025 - Decided25/00994/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 25/00994/FULL- Railway Construction Statement
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 19 Dec 2025
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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