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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5,209 approved · 290 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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
- Decided26/00564/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - North-East of 10/12 Chapel Place, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01453/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/01453/FULL - Details of a safeguarding scheme
Land To North Of Dalgety Bay Sports Centre Harbour Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided25/01453/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 25/01453/FULL - Tree Protection Plan (TPP)
Land To North Of Dalgety Bay Sports Centre Harbour Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Registered25/01453/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/01453/FULL - Flood Lighting Statement
Land To North Of Dalgety Bay Sports Centre Harbour Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00565/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse (class 9) and associated works
Reekie Fish Merchant Marygate Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LQ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00566/CLP
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
Lilabet Cottage Peat Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5LH
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00567/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - North-West of Signal House, and East and South-West of Old Inn, Main Road, Charlestown
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00568/PN
Prior Approval for installation of replacement windows to front elevation and side elevation that fronts a road
5 Livingston Lane Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TS
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00569/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South-East of 7 Dura Crescent, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00570/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 7m and 2, 8m high poles - South-West of 2 Benarty Street, South-West of 13 Lomond Gardens, and South-West of 25 and South of 35 Pentland Place, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00571/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows
31 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LS
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00572/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole
St Maries R C Church Dunnikier Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2RL
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00573/FULL
Single storey extensions and raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
7 Millfield Cupar Fife KY15 5UT
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02999/NMV1
Erection of community hub building (Class 10) and associated external works including the formation of MUGA pitch, community garden, off-street parking, landscaping and SUDS (Non Material Variation to capture changes made to the design throughout the construction process for 24/02999/FULL)
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00574/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2 fibre boxes - 111A and 127 South Street, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 23 Feb 2026 - Decided24/03281/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 from application 24/03281/FULL - Boundary Treatments
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided24/03281/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of planning permission - 24/03281/FULL - Trolley Enclosure Details
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided23/03013/NMV2
Erection of dwellinghouse and formation of vehicular access and parking (including retrospective demolition of garage) (Non-Material Variation to external and internal changes to planning permission 23/03013/FULL)
Alexandra House Alexandra Court St Andrews Fife KY16 9XH
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00575/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal/external alterations and extension to dwellinghouse including erection of attached car port and formation of hardstanding (amendment to 22/04296/LBC)
Woodside House Charlottetown Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7UJ
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00576/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 6m high pole - South-East of 2 Forth Avenue, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00577/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of replacement windows
7 Shore Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3BD
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00578/LBC
Listed building consent for replacement windows
7 Shore Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3BD
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00579/FULL
Installation of plaque
The Bottle Shop 66 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NT
Received 24 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00580/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of plaque
The Bottle Shop 66 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NT
Received 24 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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