Understanding planning · 13 min read
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 dates6,845Searchable 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5,209 approved · 290 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
Conservation areas48 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areasBoundary dataset not connected
Interactive planning map loads with JavaScript. Dataset sources are linked below.
Download Article 4 coverage for all authorities (CSV)
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
- Decided26/00605/FULL
Erection of free standing EV charger and associated feeder pillar
EV Charging Point The Co-Op 88 Main Street Crossford Fife
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00606/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for erection of single storey rear extension, conversion of door to window and formation of raised platform
3 Monksmoss Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7NN
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00607/TPO
Reduction of canopy of 1 No. Holly tree (TPO: E0062-A1)
The Yews Kilmany Grove Kilmany Cupar Fife KY15 4PT
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided24/01627/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 24/01627/FULL - Archaeological Excavation
Crail Golfing Society Balcomie Golf Club Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XN
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided24/02509/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 24/02509/FULL - Construction Traffic and Environmental Management Plan (CTEMP)
Development Land At Former Madras College Kilrymont Road St Andrews Fife
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00608/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of serving screen, awning, and repainting
5 Ellice Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HU
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00609/FULL
Residential development of 44 units (including 22 affordable units) with associated SuDS, landscaping, parking and vehicular access - substitution of housetypes and variation to layout of application 21/01278/FULL, including increase in total number of affordable units
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00610/ADV
Advertisement of the following types : Fascia Sign, Projecting Sign
5 Ellice Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HU
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00611/TCA
Felling of 1 No. sycamore
Falkland Church High Street Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BU
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00612/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Laggan Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FY
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00613/FULL
Residential development of 37 units (including 34 affordable units) with associated SuDS, landscaping, parking and vehicular access - substitution of housetypes and variation to layout of application 21/01278/FULL, including increase in total number of affordable units
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Registered26/00614/FULL
Erection of extension to factory
Block 1 Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9HT
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00615/ADV
Display of various freestanding signs and flags
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00616/LBC
Listed building consent for part removal of boundary wall
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00617/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00618/FULL
Change of use from recycling centre (Sui generis) to car wash (Sui Generis)
Former Recycling Centre Hayfield Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00619/FULL
Formation of doors to side and rear of building
Qualtronic Ltd Whitehill Industrial Estate 72 Whitecraigs Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RX
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided24/00394/NMV1
Residential Development (191 dwellings) with associated infrastructure including accesses, landscaping, drainage, SUDS and engineering works (Non-Material Variation to 24/00394/FULL for updated planning layout to reflect the approved RCC layout and remove a double garage on Plot 170)
Land To North Of Manse Road Crossgates Fife
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Withdrawn26/00621/SCR
Environmental impact assessment screening opinion for winning and working of hard rock as extension to existing quarry
Redcraigs Quarry Roscobie Knockhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0SG
Received 26 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00622/DPN
Prior Notification for Demolition of buildings
Land To South Of Pfaudler-Balfour Riverside Leven Fife
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00623/FULL
External alterations including installation of fire exit door
2A Pitreavie Crescent Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife KY11 8UN
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00624/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement roof tiles (roof planes 1, 2 and 3) and slates (roof plane 4), rainwater goods and abutment repairs
9 Cove Wynd Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LE
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Awaiting decision25/00921/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00921/FULL - Archaeological Excavation
66 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AH
Received 27 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00625/PN
Prior Approval for erection of new footbridge and associated works
Cardenden Railway Station Station Road Bowhill Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0BP
Received 27 Feb 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsResearching a proposal in Fife
Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
How to search planning applicationsGuides to planning records
All planning guides
Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning permission drawings: how to read plans
Read planning drawings, floor plans, elevations and sections. Use labelled diagrams, a drawing comparison table and revision checks to understand a proposal.
UK researchPublished Updated
Property research · 13 min read
Planning approval rates: how to read council statistics
Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
UK researchPublished Updated
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.
Check collection coverage