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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 dates6,785Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,450 approved or refused records
285Refused applications
5,165 approved · 285 refused · 311 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided21/02770/NMV2
Erection of 20 affordable dwellings (Class 9) and 24 flatted dwellings (extra care) (Sui Generis) with associated landscaping and infrastructure - Non-material variation for external alterations to 21/02770/FULL - Flat 1 Minto House, 60 Russell Street, Lochgelly, KY5 9BX
Jenny Gray House 1 Melville Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9JD
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00070/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including erection of extensions and installation of replacement windows (amendment to 24/02934/LBC)
Kilmany House Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4QW
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00071/FULL
Change of use of part from dwellinghouse (Class 9) to nursery (Class 10) and associated works including erection of extensions and installation of replacement windows (amendment to 24/02932/FULL)
Kilmany House Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4QW
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00072/CON
Consultation- Forestmill Pipeline Diversion
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00073/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Pod 5
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00074/RCC
Roads Construction Consent - Pod 6
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 9 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01945/CND001
Compliance with Condition1 of Planning Permission 25/01945/FULL - Wheel Cleaning
Grahams The Family Dairy. Milk Products. Ltd Block 1 2 And 3 Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9HT
Received 21 Nov 2025 - Decided26/00075/ADV
Display of 5 meter internally illumined pole signage
Mountfleurie Service Station Windygates Road Leven Fife KY8 4AX
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00077/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations and installation of extraction fan and drainage pipe to external elevation
92 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LN
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided24/00394/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 24/00394/FULL - Energy Generating Technologies
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 22 Aug 2025 - Decided26/00078/FULL
Single storey extension and raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
78 Porterfield Comrie Dunfermline Fife KY12 9XG
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00079/TEL
Notification of intention to 2, 7m and an 8m high pole - North-East of 83 Craigmount, and West of 233 and North-West of 84 Glamis Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00080/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 10m high poles - South of 13 Sunnyside Place, 133 Paul Street and 48/50 Brucefield Terrace, Lochgelly
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00081/TCA
Pruning and deadwood removal to various trees within conservation area
Playground West Port Falkland Fife
Received 12 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00082/FULL
Two-storey extension and formation of platform to rear of dwellinghouse
36 Braemar Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 8ES
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00084/FULL
Erection of garden workshop to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Mill Farm Steading Mill Farm Road Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RG
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00086/FULL
Installation of replacement roof covering and erection of single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Blinkbonny Gardeners Cottage Kinnaird Lindores Cupar Fife KY14 6JE
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00087/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for erection of domestic garage to front of dwellinghouse
11 Seafield Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1PJ
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00088/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to dwellinghouse
Mayview House Ladywalk Anstruther Fife KY10 3EX
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Registered26/00090/FULL
Erection of canopy to rear of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
19 Brodick Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EZ
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00091/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecom cable
Randolph Wemyss Memorial Hospital Wellesley Road Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1HU
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided25/00225/NMV1
Two storey extension with terrace to rear of flatted dwelling and external alterations including installation of replacement windows and railings and alterations to external staircase (Non-Material Variation to reduction to the height of extension, simplification of the glass layout, omission of a walk-on light, omission of all external works and omission of all cleaning and re-pointing works to existing stone elevations to planning permission 25/00225/FULL)
Dhucraig 48 The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AS
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided19/03630/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and detached garage and formation of hardstanding (Non-material Variation for minor alterations to reduce the ridge heights to planning permission 19/03630/FULL) (Address at 18 Strathkinness High Street, St Andrews, KY169UA)
Land To The West Of Wester Haining Strathkinness High Road St Andrews Fife
Received 13 Jan 2026 - Decided24/00101/CND003
Condition Compliance with Planning Permission 24/00101/FULL - installation and testing of the approved gas mitigation system (Gas 3)
Leuchars Station Army Base Innes Road Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0JX
Received 14 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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