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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 dates6,968Searchable applications
523Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,609 approved or refused records
297Refused applications
5,312 approved · 297 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
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More application records
- Decided26/01582/FULL
Erection of garage in front garden (Retrospective)
Tanglewood High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SY
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01583/FULL
First floor extension to side of dwellinghouse
15 Hay Fleming Avenue St Andrews Fife KY16 8YH
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01584/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
18 Carlingnose Way North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1EU
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01585/FULL
Development of ground mounted solar array including erection of substation building, landscaping and associated infrastructure works
Land East Of Lochtyside Cottages Blackwood Road Glenrothes Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 4DE
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01586/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - Opposite 23 Banknowe Avenue, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01587/FULL
Installation of replacement windows to gables and replace Juliette balcony barriers in glass
Flat 3 The Granary Elie Leven Fife KY9 1EG
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01590/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Sunnyside Blairsgreen Farm Saline Road Kinneddar Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9LH
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01591/FULL
Erection of 23 no. affordable dwellinghouses and 6 no. affordable flatted dwellings, formation of access, installation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Benarty Community Centre Hill Road Ballingry Fife KY5 8NN
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01592/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse, erection of boundary fence and raised decking
15 Souwester Court Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3BX
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01593/ADV
Display of various external non-illuminated signage and window vinyls
24 St Margaret Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PE
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01595/FULL
Alterations, installation of dormer extension to rear with dormer gable windows, and rooflight to front of dwellinghouse (amendment to 23/01364/FULL)
10 Main Street Kilconquhar Leven Fife KY9 1LQ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01596/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations, installation of dormer extension to rear with dormer gable windows and installation of rooflight to front of dwellinghouse (amendment to 23/01365/LBC)
10 Main Street Kilconquhar Leven Fife KY9 1LQ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01597/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including alterations to dormers, installation of external glazed balustrade and associated works
12 The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01598/FULL
Change of use of part of office (Class 4) to form ancillary accommodation and associated external works including alterations to dormers and formation of balcony (amendment to 25/03349/FULL)
12 The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01600/FULL
Alterations to existing cast iron railings to form gate
Links House 13 The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01601/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to existing cast iron railings to form gate
Links House 13 The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01602/LBC
Listed building consent for single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
3 - 5 Stob Cross Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6ED
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01603/TCA
Request to carry out tree works - Fell 1 x Goat WillowAbbotshall and Central Kirkcaldy Conservation Area
1 Station Court 2 - 4 Bennochy Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1AF
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01604/FULL
Formation of raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse
38 South Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JF
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01605/TCA
Request to carry out tree works - Fell 1 x Ash, and Prune back Beech and SycamoreCadham Conservation Area
2 Cadham Villas Cadham Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 6PQ
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01607/FULL
Extension to side of dwellinghouse incorporating integral garage
Glencarn 6 Lochwood Park Kingseat Dunfermline Fife KY12 0UX
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01608/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement window to rear of dwellinghouse
35 High Street Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6DQ
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01609/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m and 2, 9m high poles - East of 18/19 Kirkmay Road, West of 4 Back Dykes, and Opposite 9 Arrighi Crescent, Crail
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided24/03225/CND010
Compliance with Condition 10 of ECU00005168 - Construction Environmental Management Plan
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 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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