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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 dates6,871Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,523 approved or refused records
292Refused applications
5,231 approved · 292 refused · 324 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/00933/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations including installation of replacement slates
Building 333 Salvage Road Rosyth Fife
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00934/FULL
External alterations to building including installation of replacement slates
Building 333 Salvage Road Rosyth Fife
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00936/TCA
Mature Acer PseudoPlatanus - Sycamore - Fell to ground level. Remove all arisings. Grind stump and replant with a replacement Tree
Ground Floor 16 Wemyssfield Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1XN
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00937/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to house in multiple occupation (5 persons) (Sui Generis)
18 Lyneburn Crescent Halbeath Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DZ
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00938/FULL
Alterations to garden ground to form access ramp and patio
Southern Lodge Abbotsford Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HQ
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00939/TCA
Yew Tree in the north facing front garden of 7 Abbey Park Place close to the road, Abbey Park Place - Prune the overhanging lower branches to the boundary line.These branches are too close to our house.
11 Abbey Park Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PT
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00940/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for conversion of outbuilding to form dwellinghouse
Broomview Coaltown Of Burnturk Cupar Fife KY15 7TR
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00941/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
94 Hogarth Drive Cupar Fife KY15 5YU
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00943/FULL
Alterations and single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse including formation of retaining walls and steps within rear garden
67 Letham Rise Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9FW
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00944/FULL
Siting of 2 no. shipping containers and 2 no. water storage tanks and works associated with proposed lobster hatchery facility.
West Pier Shore Street Anstruther Fife
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00945/FULL
Alterations to and change of use from former electrical substation premises (nil use) to premises for the repair of motor vehicles (Class 5) and associated development
Site At 95 - 100 Lumphinnans Road Lochgelly Fife
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00946/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations and external roof terminal
St Johns Parish Church 62 Church Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LG
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Registered26/00947/FULL
Change of use from industrial building (Class 5) to gymnasium (Class 11), formation of car parking, and associated works
Kingdom Bakers Merchant Place Mitchelston Industrial Estate Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3NJ
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00948/TEL
Notification of intention to replace 3 antennas and ancillary development
Land At Junction Of Garvock Hill And Garvock Bank Dunfermline Fife
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00949/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - South-West of 1/3 Robert Street, Newport on Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 26 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00950/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Kirkton Farm Kincardine Dunfermline Fife KY12 8EW
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00951/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
70 Camdean Crescent Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2TH
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00952/CON
Electricity Act 1989 - Proposed Section 36 application for Green Knowes Wind Farm Repowering
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00953/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Land To South Of Cocklaw Street Kelty Fife
Received 27 Mar 2026 - Decided18/02342/NMV8
Application for the approval of Matters Specified in Conditions - Condition 2 plus the discharge of Conditions 10 (Datum Point), 13 (Landscaping) and 18 (Noise Assessment), solely in relation to the Energy Recovery Facility (and associated Auxiliary Energy Centre) component of the Westfield Restoration and Regeneration Project, as approved in principle under permission reference: 16/03661/EIA (Non-Material Variation to Incorporate design changes to the consented elevation drawings to planning permission 18/02342/ARC)(Payment Reference FRM-10016869)
Westfield O C C S Fife
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided25/02478/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 25/02478/FULL - Public Road Maintenance
Sewage Pumping Station The Spinneys Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00954/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of windows and solar panels
5 Ferguson Square Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5JU
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00955/FULL
Display of community notice board
Cross Wynd Car Park Cross Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BE
Received 30 Mar 2026 - Decided26/00956/ADV
Display of community notice board
Cross Wynd Car Park Cross Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BE
Received 30 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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