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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 dates6,821Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,480 approved or refused records
288Refused applications
5,192 approved · 288 refused · 317 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision26/00430/FULL
Change of use from ancillary church building to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works including installation of PV panels
Site Adjacent To 62 Chapel Place Inverkeithing Fife
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00431/FULL
Installation of dormer extension to side of dwellinghouse
2 Kilburn Road Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8PH
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02834/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (demolition of existing dwellinghouse) (Non-Material Variation to Change from all rendered gable to half zinc cladding (upper) and natural sandstone (lower) (West Elevation) and change from lower timber cladding to natural sandstone. Change to proposed windows and doors on north, south and east elevations. Chimney remodelled from sandstone to zinc (North Elevation) to planning permission 24/02834/FULL)
The Anchorage Wadeslea Elie Leven Fife KY9 1EA
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00432/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Site At Angle Park Sand And Gravel Ramornie Ladybank Fife
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00433/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - West of 129 West Torbain, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00434/TCA
Group of 3x mixed species trees at gable end of property - Area not suitable for trees once they reach maturity. To remove 3x trees to near ground level.
Street Record Abbey Park Avenue St Andrews Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00435/FULL
Installation of wastewater screening unit
Storm Water Works Seco Place Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided25/02478/CND004
Compliance with conditon 4 of approval 25/02478/FULL - Trees
Sewage Pumping Station The Spinneys Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00437/PN
Prior Approval of installation of replacement windows
6 John Woods Houses Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6HB
Received 11 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00438/FULL
Installation of 3 roller doors to sides of building
Units Y And Z Digico Eastfield Industrial Estate Telford Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 4NX
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00439/FULL
Erection of detached garage with self-contained ancillary residential accommodation
9 Drumcarrow Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8SE
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00440/FULL
Formation of raised area to rear of dwellinghouse and installation of boundary treatments (retrospective)
Land Adjacent To Foxwell Cottage Main Street Auchtertool Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided22/00376/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 from original application 22/00376/FULL - Coal Authority
1 Burnbank Stables East End Main Street Star Glenrothes Fife KY7 6LQ
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00441/FULL
Alterations and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Ava Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1PL
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00442/FULL
Two storey side and rear extension to dwellinghouse and associated works including erection of fence with gate (amendment to 25/01543/FULL)
32 Woodside Road Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DU
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00443/ARC
Approval of matters required by condition 2(m) and 4 of planning permission in principle 23/02692/PPP for the erection of dwellinghouse and associated infrastructure
Sawmill Inzievar Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HB
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided15/02071/CND009
Comply with Condition 9 from application 15/02071/FULL - To allow the Planning Authority to retain effective control over development in this rural location.
Cullaloe Quarries Cullaloe Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision25/01680/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/01680/FULL - Pre-felling Ecological Check
Crail Airfield Balcomie Road Crail Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided15/02071/CND015
Comply with Condition 15 from application 15/02071/FULL - Following the completion of restoration of the whole site the land shall be put under effective after care management. The period of aftercare shall extend for 5 years from the date of final topsoil restoration for the whole site. Details of the effective aftercare management shall be submitted along with all other details required by Condition 9 of this consent.
Cullaloe Quarries Cullaloe Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00444/FULL
External alterations to building including erection of a single storey extension, erection of a two storey extension, and installation of new windows and entrance doors
Slotline House Largo Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8NJ
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided15/02071/CND034
Comply with Condition 34 from application 15/02071/FULL - Prior to the 31st December during each year of operations at the site until the completion of the aftercare period, the operator shall submit an Environmental Audit to the Planning Authority. This shall include a quarry progress plan which will show areas stripped of soils, and the extent of stone extraction, and set out the operations that have been carried out in the previous 12 months. The audit shall identify any effects of the development on the environment, including noise, dust, blasting and water pollution and set out the measures to mitigate any environmental impacts. The Environmental Audit must specify the degree of compliance with conditions and obligations relative to this planning permission and thereafter specify if necessary remedial measures required to be taken in order to safeguard the environment of the site and the surrounding area in the forthcoming years.
Cullaloe Quarries Cullaloe Fife
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided22/00305/CND001
Comply with Condition 1 from application 22/00305/FULL - Vehicular crossing
St Andrews Cathedral The Pends St Andrews Fife KY16 9QU
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided22/00305/CND002
Comply with Condition 2 from application 22/00305/FULL - Kerb works
St Andrews Cathedral The Pends St Andrews Fife KY16 9QU
Received 12 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00445/FULL
Change of use of from office (Class 4) to veterinary clinic (Class 1A) and external alterations including installation of rooflights and painting
Oliver And Robb Building Pitreavie Drive Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife KY11 8UH
Received 12 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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