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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 dates6,980Searchable applications
522Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,622 approved or refused records
298Refused applications
5,324 approved · 298 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided25/02804/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/02804/FULL - Repointing Works
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered25/02804/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/02804/FULL - Full Details of all Elements
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered25/02804/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/02804/FULL - Cleaning Methodology
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01644/FULL
Erection of garden room with covered external areas
17 Victoria Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AY
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided22/02607/CND009
Compliance with condition 9 from application 22/02607/ARC - noise attenuation
Land To North Of Primrose Lane Whinnyburn Place Rosyth Fife
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided24/02361/CND010
Compliance with Condition 10 of planning permission 24/02361/ARC - Public Art
Land To The West Of Crossford Cairneyhill Road Crossford Fife
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02805/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission 25/02805/LBC - Repointing Works
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn25/02805/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/02805/LBC -Lighting feature
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered25/02805/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/02805/LBC - Cleaning Methodology
Town House Cowdenbeath 123 High Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9QB
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01645/CON
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Part 4 Marine Licensing-00011745 - Forth Bridge Stevedoring Ltd (Per EnviroCentre Ltd) - Capital Dredge, East Ness Berth and Approaches.
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 11 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01646/FULL
Two storey/double domestic garage extension with rear dormer extension and balcony to side of dwellinghouse
Kinniny House Ordnance Road Crombie Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JZ
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01648/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers to front of shop (in retrospect)
255 Admiralty Road Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2BW
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01649/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and erection of domestic garage
12 Ormiston Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 0XG
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01650/TPO
Felling of 1 No. Sycamore (TPO:C0018)
Dean Park Hotel Dean Park Drive Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 6HF
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01651/FULL
Change of use from former quarry to dog exercise field, siting of 2 no. shipping containers, formation of access, hardstanding, erection of boundary fencing, and associated works
Land At The Quarry Carnock Road Oakley Fife
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01654/RCC
Roads Construction Consent
Site Adjacent To Mowbray Gardens Crossgates Fife
Received 16 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01656/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (in retrospect)
Cupar Post Office 69 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5AS
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01657/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (in retrospect)
Valley Bar 5 Chapel Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SJ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01658/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (in retrospect)
61 Park Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3EW
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01659/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers to rear of building (in retrospect)
38 High Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9JP
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01660/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers to side of shop (in retrospect)
18 Main Street Bowhill Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0BJ
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01661/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 13m high pole - North of 43 Bellyeoman Road, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01662/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (Retrospective)
Townhill Road Stores 81 Townhill Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 0BN
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01663/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for formation of a water lagoon and associated works- Land to south west of Drumcarro Farm, Drumcarro, St Andrews
Land To South West Of Drumcarro Farm Drumcarrow St Andrews Fife
Received 17 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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