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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
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 dates6,956Searchable applications
523Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,597 approved or refused records
296Refused applications
5,301 approved · 296 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/01494/LBC
Listed building consent for re-rendering of building
Kirkcaldy Fire Station 16 Dunnikier Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2RW
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01495/FULL
Installation of platform lift to front of dwellinghouse
22 John Knox Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY7 6FJ
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01497/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement roofing to front of dwellinghouse
57 Main Street Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6BN
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01498/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Lindsays Wynd Oakley Dunfermline Fife KY12 9SP
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01499/FULL
Replacement roofing to front of dwellinghouse
57 Main Street Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6BN
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01500/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Willow Crescent Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9YL
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/00582/CDC1
Installation of solar panels to roof of outbuilding in front curtilage of dwellinghouse (Completion of Development Certificate for 26/00582/FULL)
The Old Stables Back Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BX
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01502/FULL
Dormer extension to front of dwellinghouse
1 Castle Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3DD
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01503/FULL
Installation of replacement roof
34 Cromwell Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9EH
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01504/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Cowal Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY6 3PT
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01505/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement roof
34 Cromwell Road Burntisland Fife KY3 9EH
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01506/LBC
Listed Building Consent for dormer extension to front of dwellinghouse
1 Castle Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3DD
Received 28 May 2026 - Decided26/01508/FULL
Formation of rear dormer, raised platforms, and erection of rear extension to dwellinghouse
47 Woodhead Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SH
Received 29 May 2026 - Registered26/01509/FULL
Change of use of part from ruinous steading to dwellinghouse (Class 9) and associated works including re-roofing, installation of new windows, doors, dormers, rainwater goods and rooflights
The Steading (East) Colton Farm Colton Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RU
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01510/CLP
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
3 Gibliston Farm Cottages Gibliston Colinsburgh Leven Fife KY9 1JS
Received 29 May 2026 - Registered26/01511/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including re-roofing, installation of new windows, doors, dormers, rainwater goods and rooflights
The Steading (East) Colton Farm Colton Dunfermline Fife KY12 0RU
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01513/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of 3 no. replacement windows
1A Murray Park St Andrews Fife KY16 9AW
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01514/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - East of 9 Keavil Place, Crossford
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01516/TCA
Mature sycamore - Recommended remedial tree work
Castlegate Cottage Castlegate Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5NG
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01517/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - Opposite 117 Craigside Road, Cardenden
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Withdrawn26/01518/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
48 Moffat Crescent Lochgelly Fife KY5 9NZ
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01519/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
5 Alison Grove Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8YU
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01520/FULL
Installation of PV panels to dwellinghouse
Nether Rumgally Rumgally Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5SY
Received 29 May 2026 - Registered26/01521/FULL
Conversion of garage to provide ancillary accommodation
65A Townhill Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 0JF
Received 29 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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