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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 dates6,913Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,560 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,266 approved · 294 refused · 330 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01251/FULL
Change of use of office (Class 4) to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and external alterations including installation of windows, doors and associated works
The Depot School Brae Letham Cupar Fife KY15 7RN
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Withdrawn26/01252/FULL
Change of use of lower ground floor from Class 11 (assembly and leisure) to commercial holiday let accommodation (sui generis) (Section 42 application to vary condition 1 of planning permission 23/00780/FULL)
Armstrong House 26 Queens Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9QF
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01253/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m high poles - North and East of Mill Farm Steadings, Mill Farm Road, Aberdour
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01254/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade base station
Telecommunications Mast Altyre Avenue Glenrothes Fife
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01255/FULL
Alterations including porch extension to front and formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
11 Mayflower Street Townhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0HP
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01257/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to ancillary outbuilding
Barron Hall 35 George Terrace St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AY
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01258/FULL
Erection of storage shed (amendment to 24/01413/FULL)
Beechwalk Park St Andrews Road Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TH
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01259/APN
Agricultural Prior Notification for erection of potato storage shed
Farmhouse Woodbank Farm Standing Stane Road Kirkcaldy Leven Fife KY8 5RU
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided24/01022/NMV3
Non Material Variation from application 24/01022/FULL to approved plans for the RWE Biomass Plant to reflect minor design refinements to ancillary elements
R W E Biomass Plant Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GU
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/01260/FULL
Erection of storage building and associated works
Kirkcaldy W W T W Pathhead Sands Nether Street Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 1 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01261/FULL
Change of use from warehouse (Class 6) to car garage/workshop (Sui Generis) (in retrospect)
17 Berwick Place Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2XU
Received 1 May 2026 - Registered26/01262/FULL
Change of use of land to allow for siting of 3 holiday lodges, erection of dwellinghouse with associated commercial use and erection of multi-use building including the formation of vehicular access, parking and associated works
Waltonhill Farmhouse Findas Chance Inn Fife KY15 5PQ
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/01265/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and formation of raised platform
30 Hill Terrace Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6EN
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/01267/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Farmhouse Outh Knockhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TE
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01268/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation and installation of external door to rear of dwellinghouse
64 Netherton Road Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9BF
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01271/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and replacement double domestic garage
6 Bankwell Road Anstruther Fife KY10 3DA
Received 5 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/01272/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse
Land South Of 63 Glebe Road Kincardine Fife
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01273/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Westbank Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7LA
Received 5 May 2026 - Registered26/01274/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to include erection of one-and-a-half storey rear extension, installation of rooflight, window elargement and formation of internal partitions (demolition of store extension) (amendment to 23/02805/LBC)
14 Main Street Kingskettle Cupar Fife KY15 7PN
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01275/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP)
180 - 182 High Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DZ
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01276/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external fabric repairs including replacement cellar beams, repairs to the east and west external steel staircases, repairs and repointing of retaining wall, and associated works
Mansion House Wemysshall Road Hill Of Tarvit Cupar Fife KY15 5PB
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided24/02183/CDC1
Installation of replacement windows and roof tiles (Completion of Development Certificate for 24/02183/FULL)
21 St Brycedale Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1ER
Received 28 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01277/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade equipment
Telecommunications Mast Adjacent Donibristle Industrial Park Ridge Way Dalgety Bay Fife
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01278/CON
Consultation Request for Felling Permission Application (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Act 2018)- Saline Shaw Estate
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 30 Apr 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Scotland differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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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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