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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 dates6,794Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,457 approved or refused records
286Refused applications
5,171 approved · 286 refused · 313 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00177/TPO
Fell and crown lift tree numbers 25,28,29,30,39,40,41,43 (TPO-W0033-A1)
Land To North And West Of Rintoul Avenue Blairhall Fife
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00178/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of existing dwellinghouse and alterations to integral garage to form habitable living space
42 Serf Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY11 8YZ
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00179/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of air source heat pump within rear curtilage of dwellinghouse
7 Curlew Gardens Dunfermline Fife KY11 8GF
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided24/00894/NMV1
Single storey extensions to front, side and rear of dwellinghouse (Non-material Variation for rear extension widened to planning permission 24/00894/FULL)
6 Brunton Gardens Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6EX
Received 25 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00180/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 Greenwell Park Glenrothes Fife KY6 3QH
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00181/LBC
Listed building consent for external fabric repairs including replacement render, and roofing works including replacement roof covering and rainwater goods
Fire Station Creative Carnegie Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AN
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00183/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 25 Beveridge Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00184/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - East of Sauchur Garden Cottage, Wadeslea, Elie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00185/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecom apparatus
Victoria Hospital Hayfield Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AH
Received 23 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00188/TPO
Works to various trees (TPO W0006-13, Donibristle Gardens, Dalgety Bay, Fife)
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01861/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission - Contaminated Land Survey
Heil Europe Ltd Block AF16 Taxi Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00189/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m high poles - East of 40 and South-West of 47 Glamis Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided24/03281/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 24/03281/FULL - Landscaping Maintenance
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00190/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m and an 8m high pole - South-East of 56, North-West and South-West of 68, and Opposite 137 Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00191/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-East of 78 Barnet Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00192/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Leckerstone Farm Dunfermline Fife KY11 3DL
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00193/FULL
Replacement single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
1 Pyeston Farm Cottages Carriston Star Glenrothes Fife KY7 6LN
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00195/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-East of 26/28 Leslie Street, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00196/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - East of 18/20 and North of 25/27 Kinninmonth Street, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 25 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00197/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m and 2, 8m high poles - West of 23 Alford Avenue, South-East of 201 and South-West of 211 Dunearn Drive, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00198/FULL
External alterations to building including installation of replacement windows and doors, replacement roof covering, installation of new rain water goods, and repair works to cladding. Alterations to 2 no. rooftop greenhouses, including installation of new windows and doors, and increase to roof height (retrospective)
Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9SU
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00199/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Sunnyside Blairsgreen Farm Saline Road Kinneddar Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9LH
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00201/FULL
Porch extension to side of dwellinghouse
55 Holborn Place Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2LG
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00202/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
99 Tarvit Terrace Springfield Cupar Fife KY15 5SE
Received 27 Jan 2026
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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