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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 dates6,868Searchable 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5,228 approved · 292 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided26/00877/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alteration to dwellinghouse (convert integral garage to habitable room)
10 Ramsey Crescent Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8FF
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00878/FULL
Installation of replacement windows
37 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AQ
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00879/FULL
Formation of hardstanding, re-rendering of walls and alterations to external steps
2 Bowiehill Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AQ
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00880/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
37 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AQ
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00881/FULL
Substitution of house type on plot 27 (amendment to 20/03233/ARC)
Site To West Of Church Street Ladybank Fife
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00882/FULL
Alterations and extension to existing student accomodation including erection of amenity pavillions, formation of parking and associated works
Homes For Students East Sands St Andrews Fife
Received 23 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00884/FULL
Installation of replacement roof
3 South Fergus Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1YA
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00886/FULL
Installation of rooflight
20 Couston Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QW
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00887/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of secondary glazing to flatted dwelling (retrospect)
168 Damask Winterthur Lane Dunfermline Fife KY12 9FZ
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00890/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations and installation of replacement window at first floor (retrospect)
4 Station Place Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SN
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00891/FULL
Erection of 26 affordable dwellinghouses (Class 9), formation of accesses, landscaping, open space, drainage and associated works.
Street Record Alexander Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00893/FULL
Siting of 5 static pitches with associated decking and re-location of existing 2 static pitches (in retrospect), formation of internal access road, landscaping and associated works
Caravan Park Knockhill Of Nydie Nydie Strathkinness Fife
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00894/ADV
Display of non illuminated fascia signs
New Picture House 117 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00895/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to allow installation of signage
New Picture House 117 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AD
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00897/FULL
Erection of 38 retirement dwellinghouses (over 55 years old) and 1 dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works including formation of access, drainage, SUDs and landscaping (Section 42 application to vary condition 4 of planning permission 25/02782/FULL )
Burnbrae Clay Road Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0AG
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00898/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access, and associated works
Denfield Baldastard Leven Fife KY8 5PQ
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00899/FULL
Siting of two portable buildings for use as part of community centre and/or as changing facilities serving adjacent football ground
Toll Centre East Toll Park Kirkcaldy Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9HA
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00900/FULL
Erection of summerhouse to rear of dwellinghouse
The Roundel 34 Main Street Kilconquhar Leven Fife KY9 1LQ
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00901/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement roof tiles
Upper Flat St Johns 78 High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AQ
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00903/FULL
Erection of 9 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and associated works
Site Of The Former Sportsmans Bar Burnside Street Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2NX
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00906/FULL
Removal of chimney, installation of French doors and window and formation of patio to rear of dwellinghouse
11 East Harbour Road Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3EA
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00907/FULL
Two storey extension to side and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
61 Linburn Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 4LQ
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00908/FULL
Installation of rooflights
10 Cupar Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8DF
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00909/FULL
Erection of detached double domestic garage to rear/side of dwellinghouse
Ferryview Whitehill Sawmill Parkend Crossgates Cowdenbeath Fife KY3 0RW
Received 25 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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