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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,846Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,500 approved or refused records
290Refused applications
5,210 approved · 290 refused · 322 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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.
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More application records
- Decided26/00685/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
8 Bellhouse Road Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TL
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00686/TEL
Notification of intention to install 6, 7m high poles - East of 62/64, North-East of 66, and North of 72, 84, 94 and 104/106 Dalmahoy Crescent, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00688/TEL
Notification of intention to install 6 fibre boxes - Front and Rear of 7 Church Street, Front of Public Convenience, Church Square, Side of Rogerson Shoes, 76 Market Street, Front of The Citizen, 29 Church Street, and Front of The White Stuff, 19 Church Street, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00689/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for erection of domestic outbuilding
West Grange Annfield Mains Kettlehill Cupar Fife KY15 7TW
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00692/FULL
Convert existing garage/outbuilding to form self-contained ancillary accommodation associated with existing dwellinghouse
2A Hillhead Lane Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6DE
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00697/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for reinstatement of window opening
Craigrothie House Old Mill Road Craigrothie Cupar Fife KY15 5PZ
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00698/TCA
Sycamore Tree - Pollarding
Street Record Bruce Square Barnyards Kilconquhar Fife
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00699/FULL
Formation of play park, alteration to existing ramp, formation of car park, erection of boundary fencing, landscaping, and associated works
Tarvit Mill Caravan Park Tarvit Mill Cupar Fife
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00700/TPO
n trees - Removal of gabion baskets nearby trees, trees will be retained., 7 - Tree removal, 8 - Tree retained and isolated bank protection retained around roots., 9 - Tree retained and isolated bank protection around roots., 10 - Tree to be removed, 11 - Old tree to be retained, isolated bank protection to be retained around roots., 12 - Ash - Ash tree in river bank to be removed, 13 - Retain tree in river left bank, 14 - Beech - Retain beech tree, 15 - Retain tree river left bank, 16 - Retain tree river left bank, 17 - Retain tree river left bank, 18 - Retain tree river left bank, 19 - Retain tree river left bank, 20 - Retain tree river left bank, 21 - Rhododendron - Invasive rhododendron to be removed, 22 - Multiple rhododendron - Invasive rhododendron to be removed along a 20m stretch, 23 - Retain tree, gabion basket removal, no reprofiling of banks near root system., 24 - Three trees close together - Remove bank protection, retain trees, no bank reprofiling., 25 - Remove fallen tree downstream of weir to gain channel access for rock ramp construction, 26 - Retain large tree in bank, new bank protection added to abut tree upstream and downstream, 27 - Two trees close together - Gabion baskets removed, trees retained, bank reprofiling done by hand., 28 - Ash - Ash tree to be removed, 29 - Remove fallen tree at culvert outfall to gai construction access, 30 - Multiple trees - Remove trees along a ~65m section of river left bank where bank protection will be removed....(Balbirnie Park, Markinch, Glenrothes)
Balbirnie Park Newton Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00701/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 1 Townhill Road, Leys Park Road, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00349/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Planning Permisson 25/00349/FULL - Site Clearance
Development Site Glenwood Centre Glenrothes Fife
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00702/FULL
External alterations to dwellinghouse including installation of dormer extensions and rooflight, erection of porch, painting of render, replacement guttering, replacement windows and doors, and erection of fence and replacement gate
6 Glovers Wynd Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AE
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00512/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/00512/FULL - Scheme of Works (Large Developments)
Closeburn 46 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9DA
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00654/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/00654/CAC - Replacement Development
Closeburn 46 Lade Braes St Andrews Fife KY16 9DA
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00703/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of internal wall insulation
6 Greenside Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DD
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00704/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 8m and 3, 10m high poles - West of 13 and 19 and North-East of 24 St Fillans Road, South-West of 49 Dollar Crescent, North-West of 2-12 Atholl Terrace, and North-East of 2 Tyndrum Place, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00705/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement roof tiles
St Andrews House Upper High Street Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BU
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00707/FULL
Erection of domestic garage to the side of dwellinghouse
Blinkbonny 1 East Albert Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1HJ
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00708/TPO
Ash, Fraxinus excelsior - Removal of 8 ash, over hanging the public road and footpath, all badly affected with ash dieback
1 Kirkwood Crescent Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8PR
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided22/00532/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of planning permission 22/00532/ARC - Public Art
Site To The West Of Camdean Primary School Admiralty Road Rosyth Fife
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided22/00532/CND013
Compliance with Condition 13 of planning permission 22/00532/ARC - Play Equipment
Site To The West Of Camdean Primary School Admiralty Road Rosyth Fife
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided22/00532/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 22/00532/ARC - Landscaping to Parking Spaces
Site To The West Of Camdean Primary School Admiralty Road Rosyth Fife
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Registered25/01131/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Abbotsford Cottage Abbotsford Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HQ
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00710/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m and a 9m high pole - South-West of 2 and South of 13/15 Queen Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 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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