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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5,209 approved · 290 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/00653/TCA
Removal or crown reduction/lifting/thinning of 2 holly trees within conservation area
Bishopgate House Bishopgate Cupar Fife KY15 4BD
Received 25 Feb 2026 - Decided26/00654/FULL
Formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
12 Catherine Terrace Crosshill Lochgelly Fife KY5 8AR
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00655/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including replacement door
15 Shore Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3EA
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided24/02929/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works - Non-material variation for external alterations to 24/02929/FULL
29 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00657/FULL
Erection of a 24-bed residential care home (Class 8), 16 flatted-dwellings (extra-care) (Sui Generis) and a community caf� (Class 3), including the formation of vehicular access, off-street parking, landscaping and associated works.
Development Site Mayview Court Anstruther Fife
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00659/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
Abbotsford Ferry Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AJ
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00660/FULL
Change of use of land to allow siting of mobile sauna unit and associated works
Land To The North Of Pittenweem Tidal Pool West Shore Pittenweem Fife
Received 3 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00663/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse (amendment to previously approved 24/01829/FULL) (Retrospective)
1 Main Street Low Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8TF
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00664/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to dwellinghouse (amendment to previously approved 24/01830/LBC) (Retrospective)
1 Main Street Low Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8TF
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00665/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South-East of 41 St Kilda Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Registered22/01113/NMV1
Proposed conversion of Leslie House to form 24 flats, erection of 8 new build dwellinghouses, associated parking, access, landscaping and drainage (Section 42 application to amend condition 1 of planning permission 18/02425/FULL) (Non Material Variation for various amendments to 22/01113/FULL)
Leslie House Glenrothes Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00668/FULL
Siting of garden storage container within garden ground (in retrospect)
2 Dales Steading Dunfermline Fife KY11 7HR
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00669/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement window to rear of dwellinghouse
35 High Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6DQ
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00674/FULL
Installation of solar panels including associated external alterations
Fisherman's Hut Pierhead North Queensferry Fife
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00675/FULL
Change of use from dwellinghouse (HMO) to two flatted dwellings, extension to rear and associated alterations
8 College Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AA
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND019
Compliance with Condition 19 of planning permission 25/00994/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision25/00994/CND024
Compliance with Condition 24 of planning permission 25/00994/FULL - Tree Protection
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND025
Compliance with Condition 25 of planning permission 25/00994/FULL - External Construction Materials
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND033
Compliance with Condition 33 of planning permission 25/00994/FULL - Play Equipment
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00679/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and door
8 Rosetay Court Dunfermline Fife KY12 7YG
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00680/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey pergola extension to rear of dwellinghouse
89 Curlew Way Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1FF
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00681/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of new boiler with associated ventilation and installation of secondary glazing and other alterations
44 Main Street West Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4SW
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00682/FULL
Installation of replacement roof tiles and rainwater goods and replacement external door
Beechwood House Low Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HN
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00684/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations to dwellinghouse
23 Main Street Carnock Dunfermline Fife KY12 9JG
Received 5 Mar 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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