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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 dates6,943Searchable applications
523Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,587 approved or refused records
295Refused applications
5,292 approved · 295 refused · 334 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided26/01438/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for rendering of external wall
46 High Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7BE
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01439/FULL
Change of use of offices (Class 4) to visitor centre with whisky tasting space and licensed premises (Sui Generis)
Inchdairnie Distillery Whitecraigs Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RX
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01441/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement external signage
70 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NU
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01442/TCA
Felling of 9 No. Hornbeam trees for health and safety reasons
Haugh Park Pitscottie Road Cupar Fife
Received 22 May 2026 - Registered26/01443/FULL
Erection of laboratory facility, and associated works
Walter Bower House Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0US
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01444/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m and an 8m high pole - South-East of 15 and 16 Larch Grove, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01445/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 2 Cypress Grove, Pitcorthie Drive, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01446/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 9 Spruce Grove, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01448/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
3 Ben Ledi Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5RP
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01449/FULL
Single storey extension, raised platform and steps to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Sweetbank Drive Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6BH
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01450/FULL
External alterations to premises
2A The Depot Winterthur Lane Dunfermline Fife KY12 9FY
Received 22 May 2026 - Decided26/01452/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of 4 replacement windows to flatted dwelling (retrospective)
1 Carnegie Apartments Carnegie Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AE
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01456/FULL
Siting of 4 no. shipping containers, erection of boundary fencing and gate, erection of screening, installation of EV chargers, and alterations to building including installation of replacement windows and doors
8 Backgate Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2QD
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01457/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
3 Grey Craigs Cairneyhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 8XL
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01458/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade equipment
Telecommunications Mast At Prathouse Farm Annfield Crossgates Fife
Received 21 May 2026 - Decided26/01460/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for formation of agricultural irrigation lagoon
Farmhouse Coal Farm St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2DQ
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided25/00349/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission - Construction and Environmental Management Plan
Development Site Glenwood Centre Glenrothes Fife
Received 25 May 2026 - Registered26/00235/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 26/00235/FULL - Construction Environmental Management Plan (Address :- Development Site, Hall Street, Lochgelly, Fife, KY5 9JH)
Lochgelly Public Park Melville Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 25 May 2026 - Registered26/00235/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 26/00235/FULL - Phasing Plan(Address : Development Site, Hall Street, Lochgelly, Fife, KY5 9JH)
Lochgelly Public Park Melville Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01461/ADV
Display of 1 no. illuminated fascia sign, and vinyls to doors and windows
2A The Depot Winterthur Lane Dunfermline Fife KY12 9FY
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01462/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear with raised step/platform
27 Woodside Street Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2JR
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01464/FULL
Single storey extension and formation of raised deck to front of dwellinghouse
8 Mucklehill Park Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1BX
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01466/FULL
Replacement single storey extension and erection of replacement detached single domestic garage to rear of dwellinghouse
9 Glenwood Road Leslie Fife KY6 3AW
Received 25 May 2026 - Decided26/01467/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of solar panels to rear of dwellinghouse
Torryburn House Main Street Torryburn Dunfermline Fife KY12 8LT
Received 25 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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