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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 dates6,926Searchable applications
524Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,572 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,278 approved · 294 refused · 331 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided26/01343/FULL
Installation of replacement door to rear
38 - 40 Main Street Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1LS
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01344/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to house in multiple occupation (5 persons) (Sui Generis)
27 Fod Street Halbeath Dunfermline Fife KY11 8EJ
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01345/FULL
Two/single storey extension with balcony to side/rear and installation of replacement roof covering of dwellinghouse
9 Rimsdale Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FZ
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01346/FULL
Erection of garden outbuilding, alterations to boundary wall, erection of fence and formation of hardstanding
15 Park Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QL
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01347/FULL
Erection of detached domestic garage to front of dwellinghouse
15 Balfour Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY6 2NJ
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01348/FULL
Single storey extension to dwellinghouse
25 Station Road Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3PG
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided25/00994/CND028
Compliance with Condition 28 of planning permission 25/00994/FULL - Noise mitigation
Land To West Of Boreland Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01352/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations, dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse and installation of rooflights
60 Nethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TZ
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01353/FULL
Dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse and installation of rooflights
60 Nethergate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TZ
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01354/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
9 Corpach Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7XG
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided25/02926/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 from application 25/02926/FULL - Landscaping
Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01355/TEL
Notification of intention to install 8 fibre boxes - Rear of 70, 72 and 96, Side of 108C and 112B, and Front of 116 South Street, and Side and Rear of Town Hall, Queens Gardens, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 8 May 2026 - Decided25/02926/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 from application 25/02926/FULL - Boundary Treatments
Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided25/02926/NMV1
Erection of new-build facility for research and development (Class 4) (decarbonising the production of energy, fuels and chemicals) including labs, offices, plant, service yard and associated works (amendment to 23/03338/FULL for re-configuration of site layout, revision of envelope design, increase to plant compound scale, and installation of flues and gantry) (Non-Material Variation to proposed change to the solar PV panels on the roof to planning permission 25/02926/FULL)
Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UU
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01357/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 6 replacement windows
36 High Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7PR
Received 11 May 2026 - Decided26/01361/FPN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential) - formation of new road for coupe 06063
Blairadam Forest Kelty Fife
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided26/01362/FULL
Change of use from office and workshop (Class 4) and flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Nemphlar Muirhead Quarry Muirhead Lochgelly Fife KY5 0AU
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided26/01363/ADV
Display of fascia signs and 1 No. projecting sign
121 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UH
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided26/01364/FULL
Alterations to gate and bollards (amendment to 23/02628/FULL)
Land To The North Of Abbey Cottage Abbey Walk St Andrews Fife
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided26/01365/LBC
Listed Building Consent for single storey extension and installation of rooflight to rear of dwellinghouse
19 Keith Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4ND
Received 12 May 2026 - Decided09/01160/NMV2
Erection of 51 dwellinghouses with associated parking, roads and public open space (Non-Material Variation to approved 09/01160/NMV1 to Blocks A, P + R - Amendments to floor plans/elevations, boundary treatments and retaining walls.
Housing Development South Of New Flockhouse Lochore Fife
Received 12 May 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01368/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for operating hours of external play area and non-compliance with condition 2 of planning permission 06/02035/WFULL
10 Transy Place Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QN
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01369/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 9 No. replacement windows
30C Abbey Wall Road Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2ND
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01370/FULL
Installation of replacement doors
30C Abbey Wall Road Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2ND
Received 13 May 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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