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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 dates6,881Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,532 approved or refused records
293Refused applications
5,239 approved · 293 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided26/01019/FULL
Single storey rear extension with raised platform and steps to rear of dwellinghouse
Crail Cottage Hill Road Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DF
Received 3 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01020/FULL
Installation of replacement front door
42B East Quality Street Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2TN
Received 3 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01021/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
Wellwood Kettle Road Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7PA
Received 3 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01022/FULL
Installation of a temporay porch
Rusacks Marine Hotel Pilmour Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JQ
Received 3 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01024/FULL
Erection of garages on existing garage plots
Leny Place P C Leny Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 0AW
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01025/FULL
Erection of single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
44 Halfields Gardens Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5HJ
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01026/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement guttering
7 And 9 Forth Street St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AU
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01027/FULL
Erection of outbuilding within rear garden of flatted dwelling
29 Townsend Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1HB
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01028/FULL
Erection of first floor balcony to the rear elevation of flatted dwelling with railings and privacy screen, and the associated formation of a new door opening.
20 St Andrews Street Dunfermline Fife KY11 4QN
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided22/00725/CDC1
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse (Completion of Development Certificate for 22/00725/FULL)
3 Pitdinnie Avenue Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8BP
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01029/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m high poles - North of 45/47 and 55/57 Manse Road, Crossgates
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01030/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - South of 57 and South-East of 68 Carleton Avenue, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00072/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of Planning Permission 26/00072/CON - Construction Traffic Management Plan
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01031/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade equipment
Telecommunication Mast Chapel Place Inverkeithing Fife
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01032/FULL
Installation of replacement roof covering and rooflight
Fair Isle Nursery School Fair Isle Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EG
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01033/FULL
Alterations to form additional storey with dormer windows and altered roofscape
9 The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01034/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of replacement windows and doors
Cairnie Cottage Cairnie Leven Fife KY9 1JX
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01035/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows, porch extension and construction of access ramp to side of dwellinghouse
Croft House North Croftdyke Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5QH
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01036/FULL
Porch extension and construction of access ramp to side of dwellinghouse
Croft House North Croftdyke Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5QH
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Withdrawn26/01037/FULL
Formation of hardstanding and vehicle opening
Kennachin Leven Road Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5JA
Received 6 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01038/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
South Dron Cottage South Dron Dron Dairsie St Andrews Fife KY16 9YA
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided25/02111/NMV1
Installation of replacement windows and re-roughcasting of flatted block (Non Material Variation to amend window type to 25/02111/FULL)
8 Winthank Court Cupar Fife KY15 5AY
Received 1 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01039/PN
Prior notification/approval for installation of replacement windows
12 Kirkgate Burntisland Fife KY3 9DB
Received 7 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01040/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
12 Kirkgate Burntisland Fife KY3 9DB
Received 7 Apr 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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