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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 dates6,935Searchable applications
523Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,581 approved or refused records
294Refused applications
5,287 approved · 294 refused · 332 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided21/01762/NMV2
Erection of 23 dwellings and associated works including: roads and parking; drainage; landscaping and erection of walls (amendment in part to 19/03653/FULL) (Non-Material Variation to Replace screen wall at the boundary of plot 57 with a 1800 timber fence with hedging to the north side to 21/01762/FULL)Address : 3 Three Tres Lane, Kirkcaldy, KY1 3BYPayment Reference :- FRM-10029053)
Viewforth High School Loughborough Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3DE
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01393/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement door
11 The Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TH
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01394/FULL
Installation of replacement door
11 The Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TH
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01395/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to dwellinghouse and erection of garden shed with covered area (part retrospective)
3 Burnside Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AH
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01396/FULL
Alterations including single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and new vehicular access
22 Carnock Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 9AX
Received 14 May 2026 - Decided26/01398/FULL
Alterations to dwellinghouse and erection of garden shed with covered area (part retrospective)
3 Burnside Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AH
Received 15 May 2026 - Decided21/02646/CND011
Compliance with Condition 11 of planning permission 21/02646/ARC - Public Art
Freescale Site Dunlin Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 15 May 2026 - Decided23/01073/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 23/01073/CAC - Construction Contracts
6 Gregory Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9PU
Received 15 May 2026 - Registered26/01399/FULL
Reconstruction/part-conversion of ruinous building to form house (Class 9) including the erection of domestic garage/garden store and associated works
Land At Former Mourn House Fife
Received 15 May 2026 - Registered26/01400/FULL
Erection of 60 bed community care home (Class 8), formation of vehicular access, installation of hardstanding and car parking, erection of boundary fencing, and sub-station, with landscaping, and associated works
Lundin Links Hotel Leven Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AP
Received 15 May 2026 - Decided26/01401/FULL
Erection of storage building (Class 6)
Rexroth Bosch Group Unit V6 Viewfield Industrial Estate Viewfield Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RD
Received 15 May 2026 - Decided26/01402/FULL
Change of use from agricultrual building to storage unit (Class 6)
Allanhill Farm Grange Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8LJ
Received 15 May 2026 - Registered26/01403/LBC
Listed building consent for external painting of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
Planners House 1 East Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AR
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01404/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North-West of 11 Dubbieside, Methil
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 16 May 2026 - Decided26/01406/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
69 St Johns Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7TL
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01407/FULL
Alterations to flatted dwelling including 2 No. doors to windows, 1 No. window to door and formation of door to side
Ground Floor Flat 33 Anderson Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6DH
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01408/FULL
Change of use from restaurant (Class 3) and public house (Sui Generis) to form 1 no. dwellinghouse (Class 9), and external alterations including erection of extension
Dairsie Inn 45 Main Street Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4SR
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01410/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Dairsie Inn 45 Main Street Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4SR
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01411/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
47 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NT
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01412/FULL
Two storey (attic) extension to rear and single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
5 Glenburn Road Anstruther Fife KY10 3ES
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01413/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, alterations to rear window to form doors and raised platform/steps
41 Abbey Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8UA
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01414/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and formation of hardstanding
2 Drumcarrow Crescent Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9XT
Received 18 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/01415/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including erection of second floor extension, formation of roof terrace, installation and replacement of windows and doors and rendering of building
35 Rodger Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3HU
Received 18 May 2026 - Decided26/01416/FULL
Change of use from retail (Class 1A) to form service yard (Class 6) and associated works including erection of boundary fencing and formation of hardstanding
8A Park Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3ER
Received 19 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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