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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 dates6,904Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,553 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,259 approved · 294 refused · 328 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01203/FULL
Alterations including two-storey extension to side and formation of balcony to front of dwellinghouse and formation of retaining walls, balustrades and steps creating terraces to front
7 Viewmount Road Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8NJ
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01204/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation
9 Kingslaw Court Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2FH
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided25/00702/CDC2
Completion of Development Certificate for 25/00702/FULL- Installation of replacement windows and doors, replacement rooflights and erection of single storey extension to rear (to replace existing)
4 Albany Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HH
Received 26 Apr 2026 - Decided24/01563/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 from application 24/01563/FULL - Wheel Cleaning Facilities
Land 100M East Of Higham House Higham Loan Radernie Peat Inn Fife
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided24/01563/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of application 24/01563/FULL - Appendix 1- Drainage
Land 100M East Of Higham House Higham Loan Radernie Peat Inn Fife
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01205/PAN
Proposal of application notice for electricity substation extension (400kV) and associated infrastructure including access, engineering works, landscaping and decommissioning works related to part of existing substation
Mossmorran Fife
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01206/FULL
External alterations to hotel including installation of replacement windows and doors, replacement roof tiles, and repair and repainting work to render (retrospective)
The Boars Head 23 High Street Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AP
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01207/FULL
Single storey extension and formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
13 Burt Avenue Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9XB
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01208/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations to hotel, including installation of replacement windows and doors, replacement roof tiles, and repair and repainting work to render
The Boars Head 23 High Street Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AP
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01209/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and new windows
3 Townhead Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2TB
Received 24 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01210/FULL
Installation of replacement door, windows and rooflights
9 The Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TH
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01211/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement of 4 No. windows, 6 No. rooflights and front door of dwellinghouse
9 The Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TH
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01212/FULL
Installation of solar panels to roof of detached garage
9 Woodside Road Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DU
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided25/02943/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 25/02943/FULL - Biodiversity
James Bank James Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QE
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01215/LBC
Listed Building Consent for relocation of flue (retrospective)
Wee Causeway House Little Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HU
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01216/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
37 Holly Crescent Dunfermline Fife KY11 8BU
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Withdrawn26/01217/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement ridge tiles to dwelling
Upper East Sandhaven Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JG
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01218/FULL
Erection of wind turbine (74 metres to blade tip) and associated works (amendment to 11/05657/FULL)
Barnsmuir Farm Barnsmuir Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XB
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01219/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion for erection of care home with associated landscaping, access, parking and infrastructure
Lundin Links Hotel Leven Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AP
Received 27 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01220/FULL
Erection of garden room and installation of window to existing outbuilding
Westholme 79 High Street Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AH
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01222/FULL
Erection of 12 dwellinghouses (Class 9) including formation of vehicular access and associated works
Land To The West Of Aberdour Inverkeithing Road Aberdour Fife
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01223/FULL
Erection of replacement stone wall
Street Record The Links St Andrews Fife
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01224/FULL
Change of use from vacant school building (Class 10) to form 4 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) including erection of extension, installation of new and replacement windows and doors, formation of car parking and associated works
The Old Village School 6 Rocks Road Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3EN
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Registered26/01225/FULL
Erection of 4 dwellinghouses (Class 9) including formation of hardstanding and associated works
Land To The South East Of 6 Rocks Road Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3EN
Received 28 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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