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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates6,980Searchable 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5,323 approved · 298 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided24/00924/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 of planning permission 24/00924/FULL - Landscaping
Land At Q3 Dunlin Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01623/TCA
Request to carry out tree works to trim to crown 2 x trees (T1 - Cherry and T2 - Copper Beech)Pittenweem Conservation Area
15 Marygate Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LQ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02709/CND017
Compliance with Condition 17 of planning permission 25/02709/FULL - Compensatory Planting
Land To West Of Glenfield Industrial Estate Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 10 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01624/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
3 Ashludie Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6JZ
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided22/01418/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 22/01418/FULL - Plant Equipment (Unit 3 only).
Land At Kingslaw Randolph Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01627/FULL
Erection of six business units (each initially Class 4, 5 or 6) and associated development including formation of access and car park
Land East Of Units 12-20 Queensway Industrial Estate Flemington Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01628/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of solar panels to dwellinghouse
Roseville Cottage Pattiesmuir Rosyth Fife KY11 3ES
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn26/01630/FULL
Erection of HMO (7 persons)(Sui Generis) and associated works
37 St Fillans Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6LT
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided24/03204/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Demolition of existing dwelling) (Non-Material Variation to Roof window deleted East Elevation, Ground Floor window deleted West elevation, East Elevation FF bedroom window sill height raised for improved privacy as overlooks the street, House moved to 1 meter from boundary. Required for scaffolding, Door and window combined unit into utility room flipped to improve falls from pavement level to the door threshold, Zinc panelling changed to render at entrance porch and addtional window added gable end Ground Floor West Elevation
Kilspindie Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01631/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal repair works, painting of exterior walls, replacement doors and windows
1 Torrie Wynd Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TE
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01632/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and installation of gate
20 Weavers Crescent Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5LN
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01633/FULL
Formation of vehicle access to front of flatted dwelling
9 Mid Road Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9UY
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01635/TEL
Notification of intention to install 4, 9m high poles - North-West of Beech Lodge, Marketgate North, Marketgate; South-West 2 Beech Walk; East of Telephone Exchange, St Andrews Road; and East of 1 Milne Gardens, Crail
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 13 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01636/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 13m and a 10m high pole - South-East of Westmost House, Marketgate North, Marketgate, and South-East of 2 Kirk Wynd, Crail
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Registered23/01942/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 attached to 23/01942/FULL - BEFORE THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS BROUGHT INTO USE, details of the external lighting within the site (including unit types, heights, spillage zones etc.) shall be submitted for the approval of the Planning Authority, after consultation with Transport Scotland as the trunk roads authority.
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01637/FULL
Formation of mezzanine level and external alterations including installation of windows and air conditioning units
Pets At Home Unit 7B Halbeath Retail Park Dunfermline Fife KY11 4LP
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Registered23/01942/CND017
Compliance with Condition 17 attached to 23/01942/FULL - BEFORE THE SCHOOL BUILDING IS BROUGHT INTO USE, details of the fencing / barrier proposals along the trunk road boundary shall be submitted to, and approved by, the Planning Authority, after consultation with Transport Scotland and thereafter implemented prior to commencement of operation. The fencing / barrier proposals shall be located such that they can be erected and maintained from within the development without requiring access to the trunk road.
Land At Admiralty Park Rosyth Fife
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01638/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for change of use from domestic garage to dog grooming business (Class 1A)
2 Penrice Park Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6DZ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01639/FULL
Dormer extension to front of dwellinghouse
36 Greenmount Road North Burntisland Fife KY3 9JG
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided24/03281/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 24/03281/FULL - Preliminary Risk Assessment
Land At Former King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided24/02611/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 24/02611/FULL - Mortar Mix/Recessed Pointing
80 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DB
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01641/FULL
Single storey extension and formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Woodhead Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SH
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01643/FULL
Erection of single storey extension and associated works
Engineering Agencies Ltd Halbeath Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 7RS
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided24/01949/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of Local Review Decision for 24/01949/FULL - Preliminary Risk Assessment
Willow Brae Woodlands Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6HD
Received 16 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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