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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5,228 approved · 292 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Decided26/00910/FULL
Siting of 50 no. storage containers (retrospective)
2 - 3 Bellman Way Donibristle Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9JW
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Registered26/01111/OBL
Modification of Planning Obligation for 19/02923/FULL
Land West Of Ballingry Road And Marshall Place Ballingry Fife
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00911/CON
CONSULTATION UNDER PART 2, REGULATION 8(5) OF THE EW REGULATIONS REGULATION 10(5) OF THE MW 2017 REGULATIONS AND SCHEDULE 2, REGULATION 4 OF THE MW 2007 REGULATIONSSCR-0125- Berwick Bank Wind Farm- Section 36 consent variation- Monopile and Additional Export Cable Variation (RESPONSE DUE DATE 22 APRIL 2026)
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00912/FULL
Single storey extension to side and rear and formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
43 Stephens Drive Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1DF
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided23/03053/NMV1
Formation of balcony to front of dwellinghouse and alteration to roofline of existing extension (Non-Material Variation to removal of balcony to front facade and 2no rooflights, alteration to external finishes and additional decking to back yard to planning permission 23/03053/FULL)
12 Westwater Place Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8NS
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided25/01001/CND010
Compliance with Condition 10 from Application 25/01001/ARC - Off street parking
The Farmhouse Masterton Masterton Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8QJ
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00914/FULL
Erection of a Class 5 industrial unit (extension between existing buildings), alterations to existing units, formation of car parking spaces, associated drainage infrastructure and alterations to access (amendment to 25/01861/FULL)
Heil Europe Ltd Block AF16 Taxi Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00915/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Limepark Crescent Kelty Fife KY4 0JZ
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided25/01221/CND014
Condition with Compliance 14 from application 25/01221/FULL - No above ground development shall commence until; a) a scheme of intrusive investigations has been carried out on site to establish the risks posed to the development by past coal mining activity; and b) any remediation works and/or mitigation measures to address land instability arising from past coal mining legacy, as may be necessary, have been implemented on site in full in order to ensure that the site is made safe and stable for the development hereby approved. The intrusive site investigations, remedial works and mitigatory measures shall be carried out in accordance with authoritative UK guidance.
Land West Of Muirhead Farm Muirhead Lochgelly Fife
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00917/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion - Demolition of existing buildings and redevelopment of the site for mixed use development (classes 4, 5, and 6 and sui generis) to provide commercial and industrial uses comprising warehousing, trade counters, (multi-let) industrial units, open storage, storage and distribution with associated parking, landscaping, infrastructure and ancillary works.
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00918/FULL
Change of use of former tack shop (Class 1A) to form short-term visitor accommodation ancillary to the existing farm and equestrian business (Sui Generis).
Balcormo Farm Leven Fife KY8 5QF
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00920/TCA
Works to trees within conservation area
44 West Road Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8HG
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Registered22/03158/CDC1
Porch extension to side of dwellinghouse and installation of replacement windows to dwellinghouse (Completion of Development Certificate for 22/03158/FULL)
Alexander House Crail Road Anstruther Fife KY10 3EL
Received 25 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00922/FULL
Formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
30 John Knox Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FJ
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00924/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and door
3 Cornhill Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6BN
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00925/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and door
5 Cornhill Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6BN
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00926/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal alterations to dwellinghouse
South Wood Woodmill Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 4SS
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00927/FULL
Installation of window to front of building
Markinch Medical Practice 19 High Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6ER
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00928/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of solar panels and EV charger
The Mews Broomhead House Broomhead Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 0PH
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00930/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
45 Donibristle Gardens Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9NQ
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00931/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external refurbishment of shop premises
83A Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NX
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided25/02516/NMV1
Erection of single storey side extension - Non-material variation for external alterations to 25/02516/FULL
St Johns Lodge High Street Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NF
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided25/01655/NMV1
Erection of 36 dwellinghouses (Class 9) and alterations to existing farm building to form 2 dwellinghouses (Class 9) and alterations to existing dwellinghouse and formation of access (amendment to planning permission 22/03629/FULL relating to the substitution of housetypes on plots 4 to 39 and alterations to existing dwellinghouse) - Non-material variation for external alterations to 25/01655/FULL
Land North Of James Street Pittenweem Fife
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided24/02621/NMV2
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Non Material Variation for revisions to approved first floor windows and the addition of 2 Windows added to rear upper bedroom on the north-east elevation of the property.
Greigs Row Viewforth Place Leven Fife KY8 4BE
Received 26 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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