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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 dates6,856Searchable 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5,218 approved · 290 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/00800/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse, domestic garage and associated works
Land To North Of Beechgrove Farm Stratheden Fife
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00040/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 from application 26/00040/FULL - Replacement tree planting
Cameron Bridge Distillery Cameron Bridge Standing Stane Road Windygates Leven Fife KY8 5RL
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00801/ADV
Display of 2 freestanding information signs
The Morris Building Old Guardbridge Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9SF
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00802/FULL
Installation of replacement vents and flue to the front and installation of new vent to the rear of dwellinghouse
44 Main Street West Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4SW
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00806/LBC
Listed building consent for single storey extension to dwellinghouse, and external alterations including installation of replacement windows, doors, and roof repairs
15 West Green Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3RD
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00807/FULL
Erection of garden room
Newburn House Newburn Drumeldrie Leven Fife KY8 6JE
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00808/FULL
Siting of shipping container for storage and erection of polytunnel
Blairhall House Shiresmill Blairhall Dunfermline Fife KY12 8EP
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00809/TCA
Request to carry out tree works to reduce 8/9 Mature Ewe trees by 1/2 meters in placesNorth Queensferry Conservation Area
Dean Cottage Lower Flat Ferry Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HW
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00811/FULL
Erection of perimeter fence
Raytheon Systems Ltd Queensway Industrial Estate Fullerton Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 5PY
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00812/FULL
Alterations and extension to rear of dwellinghouse
4 Grampian Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5RJ
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00813/FULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse including installation of rooflights, door and windows, alterations to existing extension roof, and formation of vehicle access to existing garage
12 Park Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY12 7HX
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00814/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m, 8m and a 9m high pole - North-West and South-West of 68 Cleish Gardens, and Opposite 54/56 Dunearn Drive, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00815/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and garage
1 Pearl View East Wemyss Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4SA
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00816/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alteration to dwellinghouse (convert integral garage to store/toilet)
59 Douglas Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 9YQ
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00817/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-East of 9 Kingseat Road, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00818/CON
SG Consultation on EIA Screening Opinion under theThe Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 2017 for Alcemi Devilla BESS Overhead Line Grid Connection - Response Extended to 16/04/26
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 16 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00819/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of St Leonards School, Abbey Walk, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00820/FULL
Installation of replacement roof tiles
St Andrews House Upper High Street Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BU
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00821/ADV
Display of internally illuminated freestanding sign to front of property
2 Huntsmans Court Glenrothes Fife KY7 6SX
Received 17 Mar 2026 - Decided25/03299/CND002
Condition with Compliance 2 from application 25/03299/FULL - Details of Proposed Materials
Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided25/03299/CND003
Condition with Compliance 3 from application 25/03299/FULL - Tree Relocation / Compensatory Planting
Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00823/FULL
Change of use of land to allow for the siting of 2 glamping pods including formation of vehicular access, off-street parking and associated works
Easter Glasslie Farm Leslie Falkland Glenrothes Fife KY6 3HQ
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00824/CON
Felling Permission Application (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018) Property Name: Pitcairlie Wood
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00825/CON
Falkland Woods LTFP
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 12 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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