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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
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,543 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,249 approved · 294 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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More application records
- Decided26/01083/TCA
Fell 2 No. Sycamore trees
189A Nicol Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1PF
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01084/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-West of 1 Larch Grove, Pitcorthie Drive, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01085/FULL
Formation of first floor balcony to front of dwellinghouse
Freedom Villa Promenade Leven Fife KY8 4PJ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01086/FULL
Erection of toilet/changing facility
Knockhill Racing Circuit Knockhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TF
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01087/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Lindsays Wynd Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 9SP
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01088/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
10 Craigievar Close Dunfermline Fife KY12 0XY
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01089/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey rear extension with raised decking
34 Kirklands Park Cupar Fife KY15 4EP
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01090/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations rear door to form window
241 High Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9AQ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01091/FULL
Alterations to rear door to form window opening
241 High Street Burntisland Fife KY3 9AQ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01092/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion for the erection of new development, comprising a discount foodstore (Use Class 1A), with car parking and landscaping
Pfaudler Balfour Riverside Leven Fife KY8 4RT
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01094/FULL
Erection of storage unit (Class 6)
Land To East Of Braehead Cottage Peat Inn Fife
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01095/FULL
Alterations including replacement roof, painting of front, side and rear elevations and front door
38 Queen Anne Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AY
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01096/FULL
Installation of defibrillator and bleed kit cabinets to front elevation
151 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PF
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01097/FULL
Change of use from shop (Class 1) to hot food take away (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of replacement window and doors
219 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3AZ
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01098/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alterations to dwellinghouse
Sycamore Cottage Radernie Peat Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5LN
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01099/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - North of 38/40 Kirkland Walk, Methil
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided23/02825/NMV1
Installation of solar panels to roof and air source heat pump to front of dwellinghouse (Non Material Variation to approval 23/02825/FULL for amendment to ASHP product size)
8C East Burnside Cupar Fife KY15 4BH
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01100/TCA
Montery Pine - Crown Raise, selective prune and dead wood tree away from Residential car parking bays - Gardens at Kirkcaldy Museum
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01101/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
72 Bighty Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY7 5AF
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01103/FULL
Installation of 7 rooflights to rear of dwellinghouse
43 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LS
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01104/TPO
Crown thinning and lifting of Beech trees (TPO W0006-14)
1 The Firs Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9UH
Received 13 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01106/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and doors
4 Excise Lane Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4LW
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01107/FULL
Erection of detached single garage
Garage Site Craigton Place Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 14 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01112/FULL
Alterations including formation of entrance porch, orangery and terrace to first floor, single storey extension to rear, and erection of single domestic detached garage to front of dwellinghouse
Rathelpie Kennedy Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DJ
Received 15 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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