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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 dates6,806Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,467 approved or refused records
287Refused applications
5,180 approved · 287 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Registered26/00253/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Land To The North Of Wellwood Primary School Main Road Wellwood Fife
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00254/PN
Prior approval for the erection of new footbridge - Land to west of 5 New Row, Kirkcaldy
Footbridge New Row Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2YH
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Unknown25/01409/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works - Non-material variation for external alterations to 25/01409/FULL
23 Garden Place Townhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0EW
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00255/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of Elie Parish Church Hall, Kirkpark Road, Elie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00256/TEL
Notification of intention to install 5, 8m high poles - West of 19-25 and 29-35, South-West of 63-77, West 91-101, and South of 143-157 Nicol Street, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00257/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m, 5, 8m and a 7m high pole - South-East of 96, North-West of 103, and South-West and South of 66 Redcraigs, and North of 88, South of 102 and 30, and North of 72 and 57 Blackcraigs, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00258/TPO
Works to trees subject to TPOs (W0006-16; W0006-17; W0006-18)SITES: Bathing House Wood, Dalgety Bay; Hopeward Wood, Dalgety Bay; Crow Wood, Dalgety Bay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01898/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission 25/01898/LBC - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01897/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01897/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - a scheme designed to mitigate the effects on sensitive premises/areas (i.e neighbouring properties and highway) of dust, noise and vibration from the construction of the proposed development
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01897/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00261/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear and erection of outbuilding
258 Townhill Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 0DH
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00262/TPO
Felling of 1 No. Scot Pine (23252)- Bonfield Road, Strathkinness
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00263/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
Farmhouse Easter Craigfoodie Pittormie Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4SW
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00265/FULL
Erection of 2 dwellinghouses and associated works
Mayfield Tarvit Mill Cupar Fife KY15 5NU
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00267/FULL
Change of use of land to form golf course and practise area including associated landscaping works
Balwearie Golf Course Balwearie Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5LT
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided24/02859/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Planning Permission 24/02859/FULL - Wheel Cleaning Facilities
Land To North East Of Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided25/01897/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of Planning Permission 25/01897/FULL- Contamination
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00268/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and a 9m high pole - North-West of 38 and North of 69 Milton Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00269/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
47 Raith Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NS
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00270/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation
30 Letham Rise Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9FW
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Registered26/00273/ARC
Application for matters specified by condition of application 26/00098/PPP for Phase 2 Development Brief (condition 1(i)), Phase 2 Biodiversity Action Plan (condition 1(q)) and for the erection of 168 residential units within phase 2, with associated infrastructure, drainage, access, roads and landscaping work including urban park
Land To West Of Wellwood Mills Wellwood Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00274/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including removal of existing cupola, formation of replacement flat roof, installation of new first-floor window and relocation of existing HVAC equipment
9 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00275/FULL
External alterations including removal of existing cupola, formation of replacement flat roof, installation of new first-floor window and relocation of existing HVAC equipment
9 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 2 Feb 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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