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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 dates7,008Searchable applications
533Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,638 approved or refused records
301Refused applications
5,337 approved · 301 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/01697/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - Opposite 1A Cross Street, Tayport
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided21/03950/NMV2
Erection of 40 bedroom care home with associated access, parking and landscaping (Approval of Matters Specified in Conditions 1 (Parts c, f, g, k and n), 3 (Parts a- o and q - bb), 4c, 5 (Parts a-d and f), 11 and 18 of consent 18/00280/EIA) (N7) (Non-Material Variation to Slap New External Bin Store Door To North Elevation to Planning Permssion 21/03950/ARC)(Address :- Gibson House, Wyntoun Road, St Andrews, KY16 9FD)Payment Reference :- FRM-10041075
Land To West Of Andrew Melville Hall North Haugh St Andrews Fife
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02536/NMV1
Approval of matters specified in conditions 3(a, g, h, j); 4(a-x, z); 5(c, d, f); 25(a,b); 30 of application 16/03915/EIA for the erection of 132 residential units and associated works. (Non-Material Variation for various design amendments to Plots 7 to 23 and Plots 35 to 38; and to internal roads approved under 25/02536/ARC).
Land To South Of Cocklaw Street Kelty Fife
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided21/03531/NMV2
Proposed solar farm up to 25MW, battery storage and associated access and infrastructure (Non-Material Variation for Minor changes to solar/ BESS layout to planning permission 21/03531/FULL)
Strathruddie Energy Centre Limited Kinglassie Lochgelly Fife KY5 0EX
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01701/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse, erection of summerhouse, formation of raised platforms, path and installation of new gate
13 Trinity Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8SG
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01702/FULL
Installation of vehicular gate (in retrospect)
Garage No 1 Meadow Road Barnyards Kilconquhar Fife
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01704/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for erection of outbuilding to side of dwellinghouse
26 Eden Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 4RU
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01705/FULL
External alterations including new access to first floor level, installation of gate, window, rooflight and tile vents
7 Dempster Terrace St Andrews Fife KY16 9QQ
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01706/FULL
Erection of domestic outbuilding (retrospective)
4 Seafire Place Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9GY
Received 19 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn26/01709/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for change of use of part of retail premises (Class 1A) to alcohol tasting room and associated outdoor tasting and function space (Sui Generis)
Ground Floor 66 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9NT
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01710/FULL
Formation of raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
21 Fairbairn Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 4AS
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01711/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of replacement windows
8 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01713/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
8 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01714/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of replacement windows
5 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01715/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
5 Wilson Square Methilhill Leven Fife KY8 2EF
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01716/FULL
Installation of replacement windows and door
13 North Quarter Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8NE
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01717/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows and door
13 North Quarter Steading Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8NE
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01718/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - South of 75 Kilmun Road, Kirkcaldy
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01719/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 3 The Old Orchard, Limekilns
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01720/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
14 Simpson Court Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3SZ
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01721/FULL
Formation of replacement caddie pavilion bridge
The Old Course West Sands Road St Andrews Fife
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01722/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement roof tiles
Cornerstone 1 Wemysshall Road Ceres Cupar Fife KY15 5LX
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01723/FULL
Substitution of house-types on approved plots 147, 148, and 149 (amendment to planning permission 22/01021/FULL)
Land To South Of Hill View Kinglassie Fife
Received 22 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01724/TEL
Notification of intention to install/upgrade telecoms apparatus
Raeburn Heights Rothes Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 23 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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