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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 dates6,858Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,510 approved or refused records
290Refused applications
5,220 approved · 290 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided26/00826/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for erection of single storey rear extension and formation of raised platform
6 Cairnwell Place Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XE
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00005/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 26/00005/FULL - Written Scheme of Investigation
59 - 61 High Street East Anstruther Fife KY10 3DH
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided25/02478/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/02478/FULL - detailed plan for public access
Sewage Pumping Station The Spinneys Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00828/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to shopfront
60 - 62 Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LD
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00829/FULL
Alterations to shopfront
60 - 62 Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LD
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00830/FULL
Installation of replacement dormer extension
Dalmore 9B The Toft Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DT
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00831/FULL
Change of use of agricultural land to allow for installation of 2 no. polytunnels, storage shed, fencing, landscaping, and associated works (part retrospective)
Village Hall 2 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LN
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00832/FULL
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A) and associated works (demolition of existing building) (Section 42 application to amend condition 11 of planning permission 24/03281/FULL)
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00833/ADV
Display of 12 No. internally illuminated signs
Land At Corner Of Rosslyn Avenue And Muirton Farm Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00834/FULL
Erection of canopy including formation of door from window to rear, erection of car port to side and erection of outbuilding including domestic garage to rear of dwellinghouse
The Stables 5 South Fergus Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1YA
Received 18 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00837/LBC
Listed Building Consent for the installation of a temporary porch with signage
Rusacks Marine Hotel Pilmour Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JQ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided25/02183/CND011
Compliance with Condition 11 of Planning Permission 25/02183/ARC - ECOW and ACOW
Land To West Of Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00838/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
31 Aberdour Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 4PB
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided24/02719/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 24/02719/FULL - SUDS Construction Best Practice (1)
Axon Agora Unit F Admiralty Park Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YW
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided24/02719/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 24/02719/FULL - Parking
Axon Agora Unit F Admiralty Park Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YW
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided25/01824/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/01824/FULL - front boundary wall or gate piers
Century House 100 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LT
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00839/LBC
Listed Building Consent for painting of window surrounds and porch
1 Kirk Cottages High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SR
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00840/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to building
114 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1NQ
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided25/03150/CND001
Comply with Condition 1 from Application 25/03150/LBC - Stone specification details
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided25/03150/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 from Application 25/03150/LBC - A traditional lime mortar specification (no cement) shall be submitted for the prior written approval of Fife Council as Planning Authority before works to form the new door opening noted under Condition 1 above commence.
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00842/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and formation of raised patio area
39 Main Street Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8QT
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00843/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement roof
1 Balwearie Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5LT
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided25/02937/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/02937/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Land East Of Cupar Road Ladybank Fife
Received 19 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00844/LBC
Installation of harbour crane and associated hardstanding
Tayport Harbour Harbour Road Tayport Fife DD6 9EU
Received 20 Mar 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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