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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates7,004Searchable applications
533Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,635 approved or refused records
301Refused applications
5,334 approved · 301 refused · 337 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 1996 to 12 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01664/FULL
Installation of replacement doors to rear of dwellinghouse
6 East Bay North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JX
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01666/FULL
External painting of dwelling
The Shien 4 Parliament Square Cross Wynd Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BE
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01668/FULL
External alterations incorporating the installation of 4 air condenser units, 1 AHU unit and erection of hand railing
Bank Of Scotland 9 Falkland Gate Glenrothes Fife KY7 5LW
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01669/FULL
Erection of industrial storage unit and associated works
Merlin House Cross Way Hillend Industrial Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9JE
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01670/FULL
Erection of shed and garden room
10 Queens Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9TA
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01671/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (Retrospective)
Fife Warehousing Castle Industrial Centre Queensferry Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8NT
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01672/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers to front of shop (in retrospect)
380 South Street Glenrothes Fife KY7 5PA
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01673/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (Retrospective)
Pettycur Bay Holiday Park Burntisland Road Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9YE
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01676/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with raised platform/step
30 Herd Crescent Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EA
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01677/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of soil vent pipes and tile vents to rear, and internal alterations to dwellinghouse
27 West Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BT
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01678/FULL
Installation of soil vent pipes and tile vents to rear of dwellinghouse
27 West Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BT
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01679/TCA
Works to trees in conservation area
2 Murrayfield Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9NB
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00762/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 26/00762/FULL - Preliminary Risk Assessment
Kelty Hearts Football Club New Central Park Bath Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AG
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00762/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 26/00762/FULL - Arboricultural Impact Assessment
Kelty Hearts Football Club New Central Park Bath Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AG
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01683/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
6 East Bay North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JX
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01684/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing) for use of lodge as dwellinghouse (Class 9)
Craigencalt Farm Grangehill Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9YG
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01686/FULL
Single storey front extension to dwellinghouse
48 Steeple Crescent Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9SZ
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01687/FULL
Change of use of from office (Class 4) to form flatted dwelling (Sui generis)
First Floor Watchman House Main Road Crombie Dunfermline Fife KY12 8JX
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00762/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 26/00762/FULL - Ecological Appraisal
Kelty Hearts Football Club New Central Park Bath Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AG
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01689/FULL
Change of use of land to allow siting of storage container for use as a workshop/storage facility (temporary for 5 years)
Dunnikier Golf Club Dunnikier Park Dunnikier Way Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3LP
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01690/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 12 Shoregate, Crail
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01691/FULL
Installation of defibrillator and bleed kit cabinets to front elevation
10 East Port Dunfermline Fife KY12 7JB
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01693/FULL
Extension to front/side of dwellinghouse
18 Barns Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9XX
Received 18 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01694/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for erection of single storey side extension, installation of replacement French doors with bi-fold/sliding doors, conversion of window to French doors and formation of hard-standing/patio area
4 Grassmiston Steading Grassmiston Wormiston Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XQ
Received 18 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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