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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5,200 approved · 290 refused · 319 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/00496/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement roof tiles
1A Gillespie Terrace The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AT
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00498/ADV
Advertisement consent for installation of non- illuminated signage
96 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00499/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - North-West of 4, North-East of 31 and South-East of 34 Riverside Gardens, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00500/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of The Byre, 9 Cowgate, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00501/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 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00502/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 21 Riverside Gardens, Beach Road, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00503/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and 2, 9m high poles - South-West of 3 Bennochy Gardens, Hendry Road, Methven House 14, and 33 Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01962/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/01962/FULL - mortar specification, as well as a methodology to remove existing roughcast
11 School Hill Leuchars St Andrews Fife KY16 0HG
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00505/TCA
ASH DIE BACK DIESEASE - REMOVAL OF 5 ASH TREES AFFECTED FROM ASH DIEBACK(Pittencrieff Park)
Pittencrieff Park Pittencrieff Street Dunfermline Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00506/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of Smiddy Cottage, St Andrews Road, Anstruther
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00507/FULL
Installation of replacement street lighting
Street Lighting On Heriot King And Port Street Inverkeithing Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 25/00994/FULL - Suds Appendices
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 of Planning Permission 25/00994/FULL - Wheel Cleaning
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND023
Compliance with Condition 23 of Planning Permission 25/00994/FULL - Construction Environmental Management Plan
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND034
Compliance with Condition 34 of Planning Permission 25/00994/FULL - Play Area Maintenance
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND035
Compliance with Condition 35 of Planning Permission 25/00994/FULL - Scottish Water Approval
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn21/01278/CND030
Compliance with Condition 30 of Planning Permission 21/01278/FULL - Noise from Fan
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00509/FULL
Erection of HMO (5 persons) (Sui Generis) and associated works
Land To The Rear Of 39-41 Chalmers Street Dunfermline Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00510/FULL
Siting of parcel locker (Retrospective)
28 Lt Sales Avenue Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9GB
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00511/FULL
External alterations to hotel, including repainting of windows and doors (retrospective)
Royal Hotel 20 Rodger Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3DU
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00512/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
Land West Of Thornhill Broomhill Burntisland Fife
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00518/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse (part retrospective)
3 Westfield Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4PN
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Unknown26/00519/SCO
EIA Scoping Opinion
Goathill Quarry Easter Bucklyvie Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8ES
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided24/00370/NMV1
Erection of five industrial/commercial mixed-use units (Class 4, 5, and 6), cycle shelter, bin store and formation of car parking and access and other associated infrastructure - Non-material variation for external alterations to 24/00370/FULL
Land To East Of Percival Road Buckhaven Fife
Received 19 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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