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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 dates6,931Searchable applications
523Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,577 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,283 approved · 294 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided25/02373/CND002
Compliance with a Condition 2 of Planning Permission 25/02373/FULL - Scheme of Works (Large Developments)
60 North Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9AH
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/00792/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of Planning Permission 26/00792/FULL- Bollards
Back Wynd Car Park Back Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BX
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01373/FULL
Formation of door from window and raised platform, steps and railings to rear, and painting of exterior walls and window surrounds of dwellinghouse
Shanti 39 Braehead St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AL
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided16/02024/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of planning permission 16/02024/FULL - Remediation Strategy
Treaton Muir Steading East End Main Street Star Fife
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01374/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for erection of a conservatory to rear of dwellinghouse
80 Forker Avenue Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2UG
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01375/FULL
Repainting of existing shopfront
121 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UH
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01377/FULL
Installation of ATM to front of shop
Premier Dalbeath Crescent Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9RN
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01378/ADV
Display of an internally illuminated ATM sign to front of shop
Premier Dalbeath Crescent Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9RN
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01379/LBC
Listed building consent for repainting shopfront
121 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9UH
Received 13 May 2026 - Decided26/01380/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access and hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Montgomery Forgan Associates Eden Park House Eden Park Cupar Fife KY15 4HS
Received 14 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/01381/FULL
Erection of 3 car domestic detached garage and erection of gates to front of dwellinghouse
Roselea Cottage Liberty Elie Leven Fife KY9 1AU
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01382/ADV
Display of 1 No. internally illuminated wall box sign and 1 No. totem sign
Aldi Turpie Road Leven Fife KY8 4FW
Received 14 May 2026 - Awaiting decision23/02089/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 from application 23/02089/FULL - CEMP
Babcock Marine Macmillan Building Castle Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YD
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided23/02089/CND016
FRM-10029012 - Compliance with Condition 16 from appliction 23/02089/FULL- giant hogweed
Babcock Marine Macmillan Building Castle Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2YD
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01384/FULL
Installation of replacement door and windows to flatted dwelling
5 Whites Weigh 21 Station Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7DP
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01385/FULL
Alterations to existing conservatory, including replacement roof and frames
27 Carlingnose Point North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1ER
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01386/TPO
Request to carry out tree works to 5 trees covered by TPO E0104 A1 (2 x Lime and 3 x Sycamore) (Pruning works and reduction/felling where required)
6 Elie House Elie Leven Fife KY9 1ER
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01387/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - North-East of 62 Struan Place, Inverkeithing
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided24/03098/CND010
Compliance with Condition 10 of application reference 24/03098/ARC - Public Art
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided24/00852/NMV2
Change of use from offices (Class 4) to form 32.no affordable flatted dwellings (Sui Generis), including alterations to install replacement doors, windows, solar panels, replacement lightwell roof, erection of bin storage, landscaping works and installation of electric vehicle charging upstands (Non-Material Variation to 24/00852/FULL to change boundary treatments, landscaping and location of air-source heat pumps)
New City House Edgar Street Dunfermline Fife
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01389/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of 6 replacement windows
16 East Bay North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JX
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01390/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
75 North Larches Dunfermline Fife KY11 4NY
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01391/FULL
Installation of replacement door
10 The Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TH
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01392/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement door to front of dwelling
10 The Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TH
Received 14 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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