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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 dates6,868Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,520 approved or refused records
292Refused applications
5,228 approved · 292 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/00845/LBC
Listed building consent for external fabric repairs
Gallatown Nursery School Rosslyn Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3AB
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00847/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
2 Kirk Wynd Kilrenny Anstruther Fife KY10 3JJ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00848/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
2 Kirk Wynd Kilrenny Anstruther Fife KY10 3JJ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00849/FULL
External alterations to building including installation of replacement roof tiles
18 City Park 18 City Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9XF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00850/FULL
Dormer, single storey and pitched roof extensions to rear of dwellinghouse
27 Montrose Crescent Lochore Lochgelly Fife KY5 8EA
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00852/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations
8A New Row Dunfermline Fife KY12 7EF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00853/FULL
Change of use from office (Class 1A) to 2 commercial holiday lets (Sui Generis)
8A New Row Dunfermline Fife KY12 7EF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00854/FULL
Conservatory extension to side of dwellinghouse
119 Dunfermline Road Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8AR
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00855/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) to use property as commercial holiday let accommodation (Sui Generis)
1 Belfield House Belfield Gardens Cupar Fife KY15 5EF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided25/00071/NMV2
(Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse) Non Material Variation to approval 25/00071/FULL to Add new window to the side elevation and amend the size of the window to the front elevation.
2 Galahill Burntisland Fife KY3 9BS
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00856/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations (in part retrospect)
241 High Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9AQ
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00857/FULL
Formation of new door and installation of signage screen window
43 Maitland Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 8AF
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00859/FULL
Erection of 60 bed community care home (Class 8) with associated access, landscaping, sub-station and associated works
Land To The North Of Canongate St Andrews Fife
Received 20 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00861/FULL
Erection of single domestic timber garage
Garage Site Miller Terrace St Monans Fife KY10 2BB
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Withdrawn26/00863/FPN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related works - Formation of private way (Land at Muirside Pedestrian bridge over Bluther Burn on Forestry & Lands Scotland Land)
Footbridge Over Bluther Burn Saline Fife
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00866/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - Opposite 138/140 Izatt Avenue, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00867/PN
Prior Approval for the redeck of a road bridge over the railway at Bennochy Bridge, Kirkcaldy
Bennochy Bridge Bennochy Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00868/TEL
Notification of intention to install electronic communications equipment
New Picture House 117 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00870/FULL
Proposed 2-storey rear extension to replace existing, external alterations, and the formation of an upper garden terrace and a lower garden terrace with retaining walls
2B Queens Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9QF
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00871/FULL
Installation of replacement windows, doors, cladding and panelling, and re-painting of render to front of building
Golden Acorn Wetherlodge 1 North Street Glenrothes Fife KY7 5NA
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00872/FULL
Formation of hardstanding for overspill car parking and associated drainage (retrospective)
Pitreavie Playing Fields Queensferry Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8PP
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00873/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of defibrillator and bleed kit to front elevation
151 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PF
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided24/02666/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of Local Review Decision 24/02666/FULL - Surface water management and drainage scheme
Land South Of Crompton Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00876/FULL
Upgrading and painting of shop frontage
132 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PD
Received 23 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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