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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 dates6,856Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,508 approved or refused records
290Refused applications
5,218 approved · 290 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00711/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 83 Carleton Avenue, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00712/TEL
Notification of intention to install a fibre box to rear of dwellinghouse
54 Argyle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9BU
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00713/TEL
Notification of intention to install 4 fibre boxes - Side/rear of 177, Rear of 205, Side of 205B, and Front of 211/213 South Street, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 5 Mar 2026 - Decided24/01670/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission 24/01670/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Cupar Muir Sawmill Quarry Road Cupar Muir Cupar Fife KY15 5QP
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00716/FULL
Erection of palisade fence and gate
Beeches Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7LR
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/00717/FULL
Change of use from open space for siting of glamping pod for use as full time residential unit, formation of access, installation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Craigielea Main Road Arncroach Anstruther Fife KY10 2RL
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00718/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for the formation/alteration of vehicle access and wall alterations
3 Carnbee Farm Cottages Carnbee Anstruther Fife KY10 2RU
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00719/FULL
Formation of car parking
Bowhouse Farm Cottage Newark St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2DB
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00722/FULL
Single storey extension, landing and re-routing of garden walls to rear of dwellinghouse
Roseville Cottage Pattiesmuir Rosyth Fife KY11 3ES
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00723/TCA
4 Holly Ilex aquafolium, 2 Yew Taxus bacatta - Reduce height of all by 20%. Reduce the number of holly stems by 30%.
1 Comely Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HU
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00724/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of 2 no. dwellinghouses, formation of 2 no. accesses, and associated works
1 Grey Street Tayport Fife DD6 9JF
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00725/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, installation of replacement windows and door and conversion of existing garage to form ancillary accommodation
28 Buchanan Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LU
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00727/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 61 Lomond Gardens, Bennochy Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00730/ADV
Advertisement consent for installation of 3 no. non illuminated signs
Silo Storage Ltd Unit 24 Cupar Fife KY15 4SX
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn18/02425/NMV3
Proposed conversion of Leslie House to form 24 flats, erection of 8 new build dwellinghouses, associated parking, access, landscaping and drainage (Non Material Variation for Addition of a timber terrace to the approved east Orangery extension to application 18/02425/FULL)
Leslie House Glenrothes Fife
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00733/PN
Prior Approval for parapet alterations to bridge
Bridge Over Railway Randolph Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00734/LBC
Listed building consent for bridge repairs and replacement lighting
Glen Bridge Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided22/01418/NMV3
Approval of Matters required by conditions 1 (e) and 2 (a - f) and (h - i) of 19/01088/PPP for a Neighbourhood Centre Development (including Class 1, 2, 3 and hot food uses) and associated access, parking and landscaping (Section 42 application to amend condition 1 of 21/01265/ARC) - Non-material variation for various amendments to 22/01418/FULL
Land At Kingslaw Randolph Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00736/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of office building (Class 4), alterations and extension to existing workshop (Class 5 and 6), formation of vehicular access, formation of hardstanding and associated works
Gray And Adams Lyneburn Industrial Estate Halbeath Place Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00738/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows
Riverside Cottage 3 Riverside Lane Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HQ
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00739/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice to extend the life of existing quarry and ancillary operations, increase depth of excavation and the existing maximum quarry output, extend the eastern quarry boundary, install and operate an asphalt plant, increase maximum stockpile heights, revise the phasing and restoration plan, and (in retrospect) form an acoustic bund and water settlement ponds
Goathill Quarry Easter Bucklyvie Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8ES
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00740/PN
Prior Approval for parapets alterations on footbridge over the railway line - land to the north west of Birdsfoot House, Kirkforthar Feus, Kirkforthar, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 6L (amendment to 26/00163/PN)
Bridge Over Railway At Kirkforthar Feus Kirkforthar Glenrothes Fife
Received 10 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00741/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 2 Pine Grove, Ladybank
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 11 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00742/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of 14 Beech Grove, Roselea Gardens, Ladybank
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 11 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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