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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 dates6,813Searchable 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5,185 approved · 287 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided24/02999/CND013
Compliance with Condition 13 of planning Permission 24/02999/FULL - Ecological Report
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00348/PN
Prior Approval for installation of replacement windows
2 George Terrace St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AY
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00349/FULL
Installation of replacement door
2 Manse Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TT
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00350/FULL
Erection of car port/store to side of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
3 Cadham Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PG
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00351/FULL
Installation of 3 flagpoles (1 replacement) to front of building
Fife Council Fife House North Street Glenrothes Fife KY7 5LT
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00352/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of solar PV panels to rear roof of property
Ceres Memorial Hall Anstruther Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NH
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00354/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of external doors, extension of existing raised platform and internal alterations to dwellinghouse
Todhall House Foxton Cupar Fife KY15 4RQ
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00358/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-East of 45 Bay Road, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00359/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
2 Manse Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TT
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00362/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 18 Hendrys Wynd, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01897/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 25/01897/FULL - Road Cleaning
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00365/FULL
Alterations to and change of use from ancillary office accommodation serving estate agents (Class 1A) to form two nos. seven-personhouses in multiple occupation (HMOs) (Sui Generis)
202 And 208 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9NP
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00366/SUDO
Diversion and temporary stop up Order of core path 750 to enable development 08/03390/EIA
Burrowine Moor Quarry Bogside Blairhall Fife
Received 4 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00367/LBC
Listed Building Consent for works to reinstate and replace roof tiles and rainwater goods, replacement door and removal of porch to south elevation
Beechwood Low Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HN
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00368/FULL
Change of use of land to allow siting of commercial holiday let accommodation (Sui Generis)
Land Adjacent To The West Of 33 Kirk Road Newport On Tay Fife
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00369/FULL
Dormer extension and replacement single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Rowanlea Station Road Thornton Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DP
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00370/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access and associated works
37 The Bridges Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9XZ
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00371/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).(Part Baldastard, Leven Fife KY8 5PQ)
Denfield Baldastard Leven Fife KY8 5PQ
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02999/CND010
Compliance with condition 10 of approval 24/02999/FULL - Remedial Action Statement
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02999/CND011
Compliance with condition 11 of approval 24/02999/FULL - Remedial Action Statement
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 5 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00373/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - North-West of 60 and 61 and South-East of 63 Crosshill Terrace, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00374/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 11m and a 9m high pole - North of 37 Kirk Wynd and South-East of 9 Hunter Street, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00375/CON
Felling Permission Application (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018) Property Name: Cullaloe Wildlife Reserve
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 6 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00376/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - East of 1 Hillpark Road, Crosshill Terrace, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 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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