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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5,249 approved · 294 refused · 325 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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More application records
- Decided26/01133/FULL
Erection of porch to front of dwellinghouse
87 The Bridges Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9XZ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01134/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to church railing
St Johns Parish Church 62 Church Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1LG
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01135/FULL
Installation of dormer with roof terrace to front and installation of 3no rooflights to rear
1 Murray Square Caddies Burn Anstruther Fife KY10 3AJ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01137/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
10 Dymond Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DE
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01138/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 34 Struan Place, Inverkeithing
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01139/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - West of 106 Tay Street, Newport-On-Tay
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01140/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 6 Diadem Place, Buckhaven
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01141/TEL
Notification of intention to install 6, 9m high poles - North of 1-3, North-West of 17-20, South-West of 42-47, South-West of 54-59, West of 66-71 and West of 84-89 Smeaton Gardens Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01142/FULL
Erection of three dwellinghouses (Class 9) and associated works
Land At Junction Of West Back Dykes High Street Strathmiglo Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01143/FULL
External alterations to industrial building incorporating installation of flues including reconfiguration of existing car park
Unit 2 Pitreavie Drive Pitreavie Business Park Dunfermline Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided19/02018/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of planning permission 19/02018/FULL - Electric Vehicle Charging Points
Land To West Of Kilmany Road Wormit Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided19/02018/CND024
Compliance with Condition 24 of planning permission 19/02018/FULL - Trespass Proof Fence
Land To West Of Kilmany Road Wormit Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided24/02078/NMV1
Erection of new domestic garage (Non-material Variation to planning permission 24/02078/FULL to change the proposed garage)
34 Seaside Place Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TX
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01145/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for installation of 10 No. solar panels on rear roof of dwellinghouse
Dunvegan Craigrothie Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5QQ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01146/FULL
Erection of veterinary practice (Class 1A) and associated works
Loch Garage Craigrothie Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5QQ
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01148/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including partial demolition and conversion of listed building to form 10 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) and installation of replacement windows and doors
Waid Academy Farm Road Anstruther Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01149/ADV
Display of 7 No. internally illuminated and non-illuminated signs- Box, Canopy and Flag
King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8DS
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01150/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - South of 1 Dunmore Place, Ballingry
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01152/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of McConechys Tyre And Exhaust Centre, Site 25 Hayfield Place, Hayfield Industrial Estate, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01153/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South-East of 42 Clunie Road, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01154/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion for proposed solar farm
Proposed Solar Farm North Of Pitkevy Farm Leslie Fife
Received 20 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01155/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, external alterations, and erection of side boundary fence
2 The Willows Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8FG
Received 21 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision24/02999/CND020
Compliance with Condition 20 of planning permission 24/02999/FULL - SUDS and Drainage Infrastructure (1)
Argos Youth Centre Appin Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6EJ
Received 9 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01157/FULL
Change of use from 2 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) to dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Flats B And C Denburn House 1 Marketgate North Marketgate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TQ
Received 21 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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