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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 dates6,781Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,446 approved or refused records
285Refused applications
5,161 approved · 285 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/00010/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - North-West of 4-6 Wilson Avenue and South-East of 58 Hendry Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00012/LBC
Listed Building Consent for reinstatement of window opening
Craigrothie House Old Mill Road Craigrothie Cupar Fife KY15 5PZ
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00015/FULL
Change of use of first-floor care home accommodation (Class 8) to 5-person house in multiple occupation (HMO) (Sui Generis)
Abbotsford Nursing Home 72 Milton Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1TP
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00016/LBC
Listed building consent for display of plaque
Queen Mary's House 4 South Street St Andrews Fife
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00017/LBC
Listed building consent for display of one plaque
Headmasters House St Leonards School The Pends St Andrews Fife KY16 9QJ
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00018/FULL
Change of use from vacant land to trailer sale and hire facility (Sui Generis) including erection of office building and 2 workshops, siting of 2 shipping containers, installation of fencing, hardstanding and associated works (part retrospective)
Land To The East Of 102 Nicol Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1PF
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00019/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-East of 16 Scotland Drive, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00020/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for formation of retention pond
Woodside Muirhead Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XE
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided24/03196/NMV4
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 6 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00021/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for installation of replacement windows to front and rear
24 Mid Shore Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NL
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00022/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows to front and rear
24 Mid Shore Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2NL
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00023/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations including installation of replacement windows and roof tiles
2 Bankton Park Kingskettle Cupar Fife KY15 7PY
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided23/01915/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 23/01915/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
28 Nethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TY
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00024/FULL
Erection of new high school (Class 10), formation of associated sports pitches, landscaping and footpaths, erection of floodlighting, formation of vehicular access and associated infrastructure. (Section 42 application for non-compliance with Conditions 4 and 5 of planning permission reference 23/01942/FULL to allow for tree removals and alterations to the approved biodiversity net gain).
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00025/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Pod 7
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00026/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Pod 8
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00027/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Pod 9
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 6 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00028/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Phase 4
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision25/03508/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Phase 4 of the construction of new roads, footways, drainage and associated utilities
Land To South Of Hill View Kinglassie Fife
Received 17 Nov 2025 - Decided26/00032/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and rooflights
Upper Flat 13 Greyfriars Garden St Andrews Fife KY16 9HG
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00033/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows and rooflights
Upper Flat 13 Greyfriars Garden St Andrews Fife KY16 9HG
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00035/CON
Consultation - Demolition of existing buildings and structures and the construction, operation and decommissioning of an electrolyser and associated infrastructure, capable of producing green hyrdrogen - Land to East of BOC Ltd, Wholeflats Road, Grangemouth - P/25/0544/PPP - RESPONSE DUE DATE 06.02.2026
Falkirk Council Consultation Kincardine Fife
Received 7 Jan 2026 - Decided23/01944/NMV1
Erection of industrial unit (Class 6) with ancillary trade counter and workshop including formation of new access road, footpath and yard with car parking, erection of boundary enclosures, installation of solar panels and associated drainage and landscape infrastructure (demolition of existing unit) - Non-material variation for external alterations to 23/01944/FULL
Dingbro Ltd 5 Merchant Place Mitchelston Industrial Estate Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3NJ
Received 8 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00036/FULL
Substitution of house types on plots 39 to 46 (amendment to 20/03233/ARC)
Site To West Of Church Street Ladybank Fife
Received 8 Jan 2026
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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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