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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 dates6,891Searchable 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5,249 approved · 294 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/01113/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external works 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 - Decided26/01114/FULL
Alterations and conservatory extension to church meeting rooms (class 10)
5 Main Street Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8QT
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided25/01732/CND011
Compliance with Condition 11 of planning permission 25/01732/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
SP Energy Networks Glenrothes Depot Eastfield Industrial Estate Woodgate Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 4PB
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided25/03398/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission - Scheme of Works (Large Developments)
4J St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01115/FULL
Two storey extension and porch to front of dwellinghouse
Toldrie Farm Cottage Toldrie Lochton Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XE
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01116/FULL
External works including re-slating of roof, masonry repair and replacement, repointing, installation of rooflight and roof hatch, and refurbishment of existing windows
6 Alexandra Place City Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9XD
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01119/CON
Felling Permission Application (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018)- Benarty House
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 15 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01120/FULL
Change of use from shop (Class 1A) to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works including rear extension and replacement doors and windows
19 High Street Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AP
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01121/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including rear extension and replacement doors and windows
19 High Street Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AP
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01123/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
45 Croall Place Kelty Fife KY4 0DZ
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided25/02883/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/02883/ARC - Tree Protection Plan and Measures
St Serfs R C Church 12 Chapel Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SJ
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Registered23/02089/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of planning permission 23/02089/FULL- Tree Bird Breeding
Babcock Marine Macmillan Building Castle Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YD
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01125/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Mast Adjacent Donibristle Industrial Park Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 16 Apr 2026 - Decided23/03096/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 23/03096/FULL - scheme of works
29 Bell Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UR
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00232/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission - Astragal Details
Brankstone Lodge Brankstone Grange Brankstone Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00232/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 26/00232/LBC - Door paint colourPayment Reference - Pay by Bacs
Brankstone Lodge Brankstone Grange Brankstone Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/00232/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 26/00232/LBC - Rooflight specifications
Brankstone Lodge Brankstone Grange Brankstone Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/00232/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 26/00232/LBC - New slate specification
Brankstone Lodge Brankstone Grange Brankstone Blairhall Alloa Fife FK10 3QD
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01126/FULL
Alterations to existing outbuilding to form ancillary living accommodation
Abercrombie House Anstruther Fife KY10 2DE
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01127/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 The Fairway Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3AU
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01128/FULL
Erection of 10 dwellinghouses (Class 9) including formation of vehicular accesses and associated works
Land To West Of 36 Greenmount Road North Burntisland Fife
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01130/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows and door to rear
38 - 40 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LS
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01131/TCA
Works to 3no beech trees within conservation area
5 Cadham Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PG
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01132/FULL
Installation of dormer extension
32 - 34 Castleblair Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 9DW
Received 20 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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