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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 dates6,833Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,490 approved or refused records
290Refused applications
5,200 approved · 290 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00471/FULL
Change of use from domestic garages to form 2 commercial units (Class 1A) and external alterations installation of new windows and doors
12-14 Hill Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LP
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00472/FULL
Part roof replacement, installation of downpipes and replacement window
Headmasters House St Leonards School The Pends St Andrews Fife KY16 9QJ
Received 16 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00473/FPN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential) - Formation of track - Carnock Forest
Carnock Moor Cowstrandburn Saline Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00474/LBC
Listed Building Consent for single storey extension and formation of platform to rear of dwelling
Garden Cottage Blebo House Blebo Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5TZ
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00475/FULL
Single storey extension and formation of platform to rear of dwelling
Garden Cottage Blebo House Blebo Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5TZ
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided21/00398/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse with associated access and parking (Non-Material Variation for alterations to parking and amenity space layout to 21/00398/FULL)
Land To North Of 117 And 119 New Row Dunfermline Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00476/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement harling (retrospective)
Blairhall House Shiresmill Blairhall Dunfermline Fife KY12 8EP
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided22/00055/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission 22/00055/LBC - removal of the scotch slate from the roof
Collessie Church Collessie Brae Collessie Cupar Fife KY15 7RQ
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00478/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - North of 8 Glovers Wynd, and West of Chapel Green House, Chapel Green, Earlsferry
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00479/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of Brankstone Lodge, Bogside, Blairhall
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00480/FULL
Erection of outbuilding in rear garden for use as hairdressing business (Class 1A)
14 River Walk Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9YF
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00481/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 11m high pole - North-East of 74 William Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided25/03333/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/03333/FULL - Cleaning
Land To South Of Hill View Kinglassie Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00482/FULL
Replacement single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Yoll Cottage Helen Place North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JS
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00484/FULL
First floor single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
9 Thomastoun Drive Cupar Fife KY15 4UB
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00487/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - South-East of Seal House, and North-East of 21 Dalgleish Street, Inn Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00488/TCA
T1 Cypress Tree - Removal
14A Queens Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9TA
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00489/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, and associated works (Demolition of existing dwellinghouse)
Fosterton Farm Cluny Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6QZ
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00490/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of Scotscraig Bowling Club, Grey Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00491/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of 7 Elizabeth Street, Gregory Court, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00492/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of 1 Shanwell Road, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00493/FULL
Erection of plant and associated fence
Electricity Sub Station Warout Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00494/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations to building including erection of extension, installation of doors, installation of CCTV, with erection of outbuilding, installation of hardstanding, formation of access, erection of boundary fencing, erection of entrance gate, installation of benches and information boards, erection of statue, landscaping, and associated works
1 Adam Smith Close Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1HL
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00495/FULL
Formation of parking space, installation of ramp and associated works
Flat 1 26 Matthew Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AT
Received 18 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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