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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 dates6,813Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,472 approved or refused records
287Refused applications
5,185 approved · 287 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00326/TCA
Ash tree - southern boundary - 20% crown reduction of southern stem and remove any major deadwood., Ash tree with storm damaged crown growing next to the stone wall - Crown reduction 15% and remove deadwood.
58 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9JT
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00327/FULL
Erection of single storey extension to dwellinghouse, external alterations including installation of replacement windows and doors, and alterations to outbuilding, and formation of commercial holiday let accommodation annex
15 West Green Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3RD
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00328/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to install radiant panels and fan to assembly hall
Balwearie High School Balwearie Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5LY
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00329/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
62 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DG
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00330/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m and a 9m high pole - North of 4/6 Tayview Terrace and South of 77B Tay Street, Newport-on-Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00332/TCA
Two Norway Maples along rear boundary of no. 20 - Pruning works as per recent arboricultural report recommendations - see pp 18-22 of attached report.
20 Kirkgate Cupar Fife KY15 5AL
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00334/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Forthar Farm Forthar Kettlebridge Cupar Fife KY15 7TX
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00335/PN
Prior Approval for parapet alterations to footbridge - Viewforth Footpath, Kirkcaldy
Footbridge Viewforth Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00336/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice for the Demolition of existing buildings and�redevelopment of the site for mixed use development�(classes 4, 5, and 6 and sui generis) to provide commercial and industrial uses comprising�warehousing, trade counters, (multi-let) industrial units, open storage, storage and distribution and a digital infrastructure facility with associated parking, landscaping, infrastructure, generation equipment and ancillary works.
HBOS Pitreavie House Pitreavie Way Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife KY9 4BS
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00337/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Farmhouse Foodie Cupar Fife KY15 4PS
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00338/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - West of 252 and South-West of 291 Redcraigs, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 3 Feb 2026 - Decided25/02311/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02311/FULL - BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE DEVELOPMENT HEREBY APPROVED; AND OF ANY RELATED SITE PREPARATION, GROUNDWORKS, OR ENABLING OPERATIONS; measures shall have been implemented to prevent mud, debris or other deleterious material being carried onto and accumulating on the public roads
Land South Of Moray Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided25/02311/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 25/02311/FULL - Arboricultural Method Statement (AMS) and Tree Protection Plan (TPP)
Land South Of Moray Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00339/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alterations to dwellinghouse
3 Briar Place Dunfermline Fife KY11 4BE
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided23/02628/NMV4
Erection of 5 dwellinghouses (Non-Material Variation to Unit 1 - terrace extended into larger garden area, pergola structure added, external store extended to form outdoor kitchen area. Units 1-5 - external store moved closer to houses to accommodate access to ASHP & battery with retaining wall added to preserve slope to Precinct Wall to planning permission 23/02628/FULL)Site: Former Gas Holder Site, Balfour Place, St Andrews
Land To The North Of Abbey Cottage Abbey Walk St Andrews Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00340/FULL
Erection of solar array
Regeneris Westwood One 1 James Watt Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY7 4UA
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided25/02183/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02183/ARC - Piperuns/Wayleaves
Land To West Of Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00343/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
20 Bankwell Crescent Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7PY
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00344/FULL
Erection of three dwellinghouses and associated works
Land By Naemoor New Road Kennoway Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00346/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-West of 2 Carnethy Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00347/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 63 Cupar Road, Newport on Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided23/01420/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 23/01420/FULL - rooftiles
4 Seafield View Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9TG
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02999/CND015
Compliance with Condition 15 of planning Permission 24/02999/FULL - Operational Statement
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02999/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 of planning Permission 24/02999/FULL - Floodlighting scheme
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 5 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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