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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,845Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,499 approved or refused records
290Refused applications
5,209 approved · 290 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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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
- Decided26/00541/TPA
Prior approval for installation of 20m telecommunications tower and associated works
Car Park East Of Waters Crescent Lochgelly Fife KY5 9LD
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00542/FULL
Porch extension to rear of dwellinghouse
272 Delgatie Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY7 4QE
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00545/TEL
Notification of intention to install a fibre box to front of shop
80 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PA
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00546/TEL
Notification of intention to install a fibre box to front of shop
84 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PA
Received 18 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00547/CON
Felling Permission Application (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018) - Craigluscar
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00548/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows to front and rear of school
Denend Primary School 4 School Lane Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0BS
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00549/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m and a 9m high pole - North-West of 9 Viewmount Road and South of 2 Hillpark Terrace, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00550/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m, 2, 9m and an 11m high pole - South of 1, South-West of 3 and West of 6 Westwater Place, and North-East of 42 Riverside Road, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00552/FULL
Installation of new shopfront
13 Wemyss Buildings High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1NT
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00553/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to install new shopfront
13 Wemyss Buildings High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1NT
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01396/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/01396/FULL - Construction Traffic Management Plan
Lower Largo W W T W Serpentine Walk Bourtree Brae Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6JH
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided24/01949/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Local Review Decision 24/01949/FULL - A Scheme of transportation and pedestrian improvements shall be submitted for approval in writing by this Planning Authority
Land West Of Redroofs Woodlands Markinch Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00554/FULL
External alterations including installation of serving screen, awning, and repainting
5 Ellice Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HU
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00555/CON
Felling Permission Application - Tentsmuir Forest Land Management Plan - LMP-01-2026RESPONSE DUE 22.03.2026
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 19 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00556/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - South-East of 34 Double Row and South-East of 24 South Row, Charlestown
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00557/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of 24/26 Brucehaven Road, Limekilns
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00558/FULL
Display of commemorative plaque on building
32 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NS
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00559/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for installation of replacement pipework, fire hydrants, and associated works
Police College Tulliallan Castle Alloa Fife FK10 4BE
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn25/01861/NMV1
Erection of a Class 5 industrial unit (extension between existing buildings), alterations to existing units, formation of car parking spaces and associated drainage infrastructure. (Non Material Variation for removal of service yard to rear of the proposal. Amended fence line to rear of the proposal. New fire escape access path to rear of the proposal. Proposed drainage amended to match. Additional notes and information to yard at front of proposal to 25/01861/FULL)
Heil Europe Ltd Block AF16 Taxi Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01831/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/01831/FULL - Replacement Pitch
Proposed Lidl Store At Former Yard Public House Admiralty Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2BN
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01023/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 from application 25/01023/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Health Physics Dept And Nuclear Operations Group Building 238 Watt Road Rosyth Business Park Rosyth Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00560/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of external door and formation of raised platform
31 Tarvit Avenue Cupar Fife KY15 5BN
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00561/FULL
Installation of memorial plaque
Flat 1 94 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AE
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00562/LBC
Listed building consent for like-for-like replacement of globe on weathervane
Town House 2 Wemyssfield Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1XW
Received 23 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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