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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 dates6,805Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,466 approved or refused records
287Refused applications
5,179 approved · 287 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/00204/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-West of 7 Sycamore Avenue, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00205/TEL
Notification of intention to install 4, 9m high poles - North-West of 39, South-East of 56, and South of 32 Campsie Crescent, and North-East of 70-80 Cheviot Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00206/TEL
Notification of intention to install 4, 8m high poles - South-East of 1 and South of 3A Templehall Avenue, West of 28 Cramond Gardens, and North-West of 80-90 Lismore Avenue, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00207/FULL
Single storey extension to rear and replacement windows and doors
7 Tolbooth Wynd Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3BG
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00208/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to internal layout
Starleyburn House Newbigging Burntisland Fife KY3 0AG
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided24/03281/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of Planning Permission 24/03281/FULL - Scheme of Works
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00209/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Site South Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 26 Jan 2026 - Decided24/03281/CND021
Compliance with Condition 21of Planning Permission 24/03281/FULL - Lighting
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00210/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alteration to dwellinghouse
107 Peasehill Gait Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2BD
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Registered26/00211/FULL
Development of a self-storage container facility (Class 6), including erection of fencing and access gates (part retrospective)
Land South Of Crompton Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00212/FULL
Conversion and extension to existing garage to form self-contained accommodation
Dunollie Windygates Road Leven Fife KY8 4DP
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00214/DPN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings
Templehall Parish Church Beauly Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EX
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00215/LBC
Listed Building Consent for 3 No. replacement windows to front
174 High Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9AP
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00216/FULL
Replacement single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
105 Perth Road Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9HJ
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00218/TCA
Crown reduction to copper beech tree and pollard willow tree
Melvaig 6 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9ET
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00219/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - North-East of 20 Longbraes Gardens, Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00220/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 34 Muirfield Street, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00221/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m high poles - South of 101 and East of 172 West Torbain, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00222/FULL
Erection of 4. no industrial units (Classes 4, 5 and 6) including external storage area, formation of car parking and hardstanding, boundary enclosures and associated drainage and landscape infrastructure (Section 42 application to remove/vary condition 11 of planning permission 25/02551/FULL)
Site Adjacent To Dalgety Bay Recycling Centre Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00224/CON
Electricity Act 1989 - The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017, Marine (Scotland) Act 2010 - The Marine Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 - Revised Lighting and Marking Plan (RESPONSE DUE DATE 24 FEBRUARY 2026
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Withdrawn26/00226/FULL
Change of use from butcher's shop (Class 1A) to hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) and associated alterations including installation of extraction system
166 Overton Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2DY
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00227/FULL
Erection of fencing and gate, and associated works
Land North Of Black Road Kelty Fife
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00228/FULL
Installation of synthetic sports pitch, floodlights, fencing and gates and change of use of part of agricultural field to form car park, vehicular access and associated works.
Greig Institute Milton Road Windygates Leven Fife KY8 5DG
Received 28 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00229/FULL
Siting of 3 no. parcel locker units (retrospective)
Post Box Installations Nicol Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 28 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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