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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 dates6,980Searchable applications
523Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,621 approved or refused records
298Refused applications
5,323 approved · 298 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas48 mapped area records
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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
- Registered24/03225/CND011
Compliance with Condition 11 of 24/03225/CON - Traffic Management Plan
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Registered24/03225/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of 24/03225/CON - Temporary Site Access
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided24/03225/CND013
Compliance with Condition 13 of 24/03225/CON - Ecological Clerk of Works
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Registered24/03225/CND015
Compliance with Condition 15 of 24/03225/CON - Access Management Plan
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Registered24/03225/CND017
Compliance with Condition 17 of 24/03225/CON - Access Tracks
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided24/03225/CND018
Compliance with Condition 18 of 24/03225/CON - Bird Protection Plan
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided24/03225/CND019
Compliance with Condition 19 of 24/03225/CON - Private Water Supplies
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Registered24/03225/CND020
Compliance with Condition 20 of 24/03225/CON - Alternative Private Water Supply Source
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 2 Mar 2026 - Decided26/01611/FULL
Siting of sales cabin, formation of associated car parking and installation of signage and boundary fencing (temporary period of 18 months)
Kelty Industrial Park Cocklaw Street Kelty Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01612/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-West of 2 Kingsmill, Nethergate, Crail
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01613/FULL
Erection of student accommodation with associated demolitions, landscaping, cycle store and other ancillary works (Section 42 application to vary condition 1 of planning permission 23/01284/FULL)
Land Between Andrew Melville Hall And Agnes Blackadder Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01614/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows to flatted dwelling
7 Carnegie Apartments Carnegie Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AE
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01615/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of 8-13 Marine Park, Links Place, Elie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02770/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/02770/ARC - Sample of external Construction Materials
Land To The North Of Wellwood Primary School Main Road Wellwood Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01616/ARC
Application for Matters Specified in Conditions 1(k); 2(l) and 5 (Design Code and Site Investigation Report) of planning permission in principle 18/03579/PPP for major mixed use development comprising: residential units (Class 9), associated car parking, open space, landscaping, drainage and formation of new access points, small business units (Class 4), a care home (Class 8), retirement housing (Class 8), additional parking for existing doctors surgery and community space/facilities.
Land To East Of Wadeslea Elie Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01617/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Thistlegate Westfield Road Cupar Fife KY15 5AR
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01619/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
51 Kinnessburn Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8AD
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01620/SCR
EIA Screening Opinion for erection of single wind turbine (86 metres to blade tip) and associated works
Wind Turbine Kirkmay Farm Crail Fife
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided25/01845/CND016
Compliance with Condition 16 of planning permission 25/01845/FULL - TS - Landscaping
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided25/01845/CND020
Compliance with Condition 20 of planning permission 25/01845/FULL - Footpath link
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided25/01845/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of planning permission 25/01845/FULL - Site Clearance
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided25/01845/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 of planning permission 25/01845/FULL - TS - Lighting
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided25/01845/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 25/01845/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 29 May 2026 - Decided26/01622/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Rathillet House Rathillet Cupar Fife KY15 4QG
Received 11 Jun 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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