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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,917Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,563 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,269 approved · 294 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01280/FULL
Installation of 4 replacement windows, formation of vehicular access and driveway/hardstanding to front of flatted dwelling
3 Whytehouse Avenue Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UW
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01281/LBC
Listed Building Consent for reinstatement of previously infilled internal door/blocking up of existing internal door, replacement windows and repainting of walls and front door
3 High Street Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TA
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01282/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and repainting of walls and front door
3 High Street Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TA
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01283/PAN
Proposal of Application Notice for proposed residential development and infrastructure including access, landscaping, drainage, open space and associated works
Gilliesfaulds Farm Gilliesfaulds Cupar Fife KY15 4HX
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/01284/FULL
Erection of garden room for use as salon (Class 1A)
Colton Of Pittencrieff House Colton Terrace Dunfermline Fife KY12 8DR
Received 5 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/01285/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of property and associated works
76 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9TZ
Received 5 May 2026 - Registered26/01288/FULL
Formation of temporary vehicular access track and upgrades to existing access track including the provision of passing places
Pitmedden Auchtermuchty Fife
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01291/OBL
Discharge of Planning Obligation for 08/95/0035D
Buckthorns Farm Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EA
Received 30 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01294/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade equipment
Telecommunications Mast Rintoul Avenue Blairhall Fife
Received 1 May 2026 - Decided26/01296/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - East of 10 Eden Road, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 May 2026 - Decided26/01297/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 3 replacement windows to flatted dwelling
8 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01298/TPO
Pollard and thin 2 No. trees- TPO Number C0019
24 Raith Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5NP
Received 4 May 2026 - Decided26/01300/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 2 replacement windows to flatted dwelling
7 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01301/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 3 replacement windows to flatted dwelling
10 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01302/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 2 replacement windows to flatted dwelling
9 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided25/01132/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/01132/CAC - Construction Contracts
Abbotsford Cottage Abbotsford Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HQ
Received 6 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/01306/LBC
Listed building consent for erection of single storey rear extension
76 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9TZ
Received 5 May 2026 - Decided26/01307/CON
Energy Consents Unit Consultation Request for an EIA Scoping Opinion for proposed Section 36 Application for Moss Wood Solar Farm and Battery Energy Storage Facility (formerly called Mossmorran) - ECU00006237 - Extended Determination Date: 4th June 2026
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 29 Apr 2026 - Decided26/01308/FULL
Single storey extension, raised platform and steps to rear of dwellinghouse
247 Stenhouse Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9DN
Received 6 May 2026 - Decided26/01309/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Norway Gardens Dunfermline Fife KY11 8JW
Received 6 May 2026 - Decided26/01310/FULL
Formation of footpath and associated works
Beveridge Bends Junction With Old Station Road St Andrews Fife
Received 6 May 2026 - Decided26/01311/FULL
Formation of temporary vehicular access with associated materials storage areas, site compound and car parking
St Andrews Bay Kingask St Andrews Fife
Received 6 May 2026 - Decided26/01314/FULL
Single storey extension and 2 no. rooflights to dwellinghouse
Dauphin Hill Abbey Walk St Andrews Fife KY16 9LB
Received 7 May 2026 - Decided26/01315/LBC
Listed Building Consent for a single storey rear extension and 2 no.rooflights
Dauphin Hill Abbey Walk St Andrews Fife KY16 9LB
Received 7 May 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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