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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5,180 approved · 287 refused · 315 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/00276/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to form two flatted dwellings including roof alterations and extensions, installation of doors, replacement windows, formation of deck to rear and installation of plant screen
7 And 9 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00277/FULL
Change of use of upper levels from cafe (Class 3), beauty salon (Class 1A) and office (Class 4) to form two flatted dwellings (Sui Generis), including roof alterations and extensions, installation of doors, replacement windows, formation of deck to rear and installation of plant screen.
7 And 9 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00278/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding
6 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00279/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
45 Duddingston Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6JR
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00280/ADV
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign
23 Chapel Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AW
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00281/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 2 Beveridge Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00282/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and a 9m high pole - North of 113 and South of 123 Redcraigs, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00283/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 16/17 Seacraig Court, King Street, Newport-on-Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00284/TEL
Notification of intention to install cables - Raith Lodge, Abbotshall Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00285/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - South of 8 George Street and South-West of 29 David Street, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00286/FULL
Single storey porch extension to front of dwellinghouse (Renewal of 23/00339/FULL)
1 Tarvit Court Cupar Fife KY15 5BU
Received 27 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00288/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South of 39 St Kilda Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00289/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m hight pole - North of 95 Dalmahoy Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00291/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South-West of 80-90 Victoria Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00292/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 8m and a 9m high pole - North-West of 72 Cramond Gardens, North of 152 Lismore Avenue, South-West of 14/15 Cumbrae Court, and South-West of 68 Cumbrae Terrace, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 30 Jan 2026 - Decided26/00293/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - North-East of 74 and South of 97 Veronica Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00294/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m and 3, 8m high poles - South of 167/168 and South-West of 173/174 Blackcraigs and West of 17, 18 and 24 Redcraigs, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00295/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access and associated works
P And D Decorators The Causeway Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5JX
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00296/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and a 9m high pole - South-West of 179 Greenloanings and South-East of 25 Craigmount, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00297/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m and 2, 7m high poles - South-West of 2 and North-West of 89 Dunearn Drive and West of Cope Centre and North-East of 32 Pentland Place, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00298/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and a 9m high pole - South of 12/14 Alison Street and South of Boat Shed, Ramsay Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00300/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m and an 8m high pole - West of 27 Morven Grove, and North-West of 375 Valley Gardens, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00301/FULL
Erection of replacement lighting columns and lanterns
Street Lighting On Park Lane Aberdour Fife
Received 2 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00302/FULL
Installation of replacement entrance door
1 John Woods Houses Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6HB
Received 2 Feb 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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