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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 dates6,891Searchable applications
525Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,542 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,248 approved · 294 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided26/01062/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 8m high poles - South-West of 24, and South of 26 and 36 Longbraes Gardens, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01063/FULL
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A), formation of car parking, landscaping, and associated works
Land To South Of Pfaudler-Balfour Riverside Leven Fife
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01064/FULL
Installation of replacement door to front of dwellinghouse
Greengables 12 The Loan Anstruther Fife KY10 3HG
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01065/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - South-East of 17 Glenwood Road, Leslie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01067/FULL
Erection of polytunnel
5 Main Street Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8QT
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided24/01066/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 24/01066/FULL - Fence
Hall Heriot Links Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AW
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided24/03182/NMV1
Installation of safety net (Non Material Variation from 24/03182/FULL to reduce height of safety net from 10m to 5m, with supporting posts at 7.5m centres)
Lundin Golf Club Golf Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6BA
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01069/ARC
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2 (c) , 2 (d, e and f in part), 3 �(a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j and m in part), 4 in part, �5 (b, c, m and n in part) of planning permission in principle 24/01423/PPP for the construction of educational buildings, residential blocks, workshop/business units (Class 4) with associated landscaping, open space, MUGA, access, drainage and other infrastructure.
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01070/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
36 Douglas Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1QG
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01071/TCA
Fell 1 No. Cypress tree
Croft House North Croftdyke Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5QH
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01072/TPO
Works to 26 No. various trees (TPO E0016-A1)
Largo House Caravan Park Blindwells Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EF
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided25/02526/NMV1
Change of use from agricultural land to allow for installation of plant and associated equipment, erection of fencing, installation of hardstanding, and formation of access (Non Material Variation for installation of new chamber 1.1m above ground level to 25/02526/FULL)
Lower Largo W W T W Serpentine Walk Bourtree Brae Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6JH
Received 8 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01074/RCC
Roads Construction Consent for residential development, employment land, Neighbourhood Centre, Primary School, open space areas including an urban park, path and cycle network and associated work
Land To West Of Wellwood Mills Wellwood Fife
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision25/03488/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/03488/FULL - Archaelogical works
6 Gregory Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9PU
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided25/03488/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 25/03488/FULL - Scheme of Works (Large Developments)
6 Gregory Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9PU
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided23/01942/CND025
Compliance with Condition 25 of Planning Permission 23/01942/FULL - Pitch Management Plan
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01075/PPP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of 2 no. dwellinghouses and associated works
Ribbonfield Farm Chance Inn Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XG
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided25/00785/NMV1
Erection of three storey extension to property to form 9 no. flatted dwellings - Non-material variation for external alterations to 25/00785/FULL.
4J St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01077/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for demolition of garage/storage building
Admiralty House St Margarets Hope North Queensferry Fife KY11 1HP
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01078/FULL
Erection of security gates and fencing to front of units (retrospective)
3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Huntsman Court Glenrothes KY7 6SX
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01079/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including formation of external stairs, installation of boundary treatments, PV panels, replacement windows and door and associated works
Buckhaven Parish Church Randolph Street Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1AT
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01080/FULL
External alterations including formation of access, external stairs, installation of boundary treatments, PV panels, replacement windows and door and associated works
Buckhaven Parish Church Randolph Street Buckhaven Leven Fife KY8 1AT
Received 10 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01081/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of air source heat pump
Burnside Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01082/FULL
Installation of air source heat pump
Burnside Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB
Received 13 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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