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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 dates7,076Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,704 approved or refused records
302Refused applications
5,402 approved · 302 refused · 341 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 13 Mar 1996 to 12 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 14 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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided23/01320/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 23/01320/FULL - Landscaping
13 Bondgate Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AF
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided22/01418/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 22/01418/FULL - Lighting
Land At Kingslaw Randolph Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 27 May 2026 - Registered26/01774/FULL
Amendment to application reference 25/00349/FULL to form additional flatted dwelling (uplift in numbers from 44 to 45), including relocation of air source heat pumps and fencing, formation of cycle storage, and associated works.
Development Site Glenwood Centre Glenrothes Fife
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01775/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to dwellinghouse
The White House 35 Kirkgate Cupar Fife KY15 5AL
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01776/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
26 The Ness Torryburn Dunfermline Fife KY12 8LR
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01777/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness -Proposed for conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse and alterations to garage to install a window and doors with steps to the side
44 Naughton Road Wormit Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8PE
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01778/TEL
Notification of intention to install/upgrade telecoms apparatus
East Ness Pier Preston Crescent Inverkeithing Fife
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01779/TCA
T1 Eucalyptus Gunnii - Dismantle to ground level.
New House 91 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LT
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01781/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows to front of flat
3 Ramsay Lane Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HX
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided25/01085/NMV1
Alterations to and change of use from agricultural storage containers and associated development to form a mixed-use development (Sui Generis) comprising cafe/restaurant (with ancillary hot-food takeaway), children's play area and educational farm animal attraction - Non-Material Variation to planning permission 25/01085/FULL
Starscape Cafe Newton Star Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JX
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01782/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows to front of dwellinghouse
6 Halketts Hall Limekilns Dunfermline Fife KY11 3HJ
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01783/PN
Prior Approval for installation of replacement windows
4 Transy Grove Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QP
Received 25 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01785/OBL
Modification of Planning Obligation (87/0145)
Unit 5 Carnegie Drive Retail Park Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AU
Received 26 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01786/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9.5m high pole - South-West of Glenkara Cottage, 14 Standalane, Kincardine
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01787/FULL
Alterations and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
96 Dunnikier Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AW
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01788/FULL
Demolish existing lean-to outhouse and adjacent shed and replace with new timber outhouse.
10 Abbey Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9LA
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn26/01789/CAC
Conservation Area Consent for demolition - outhouse and shed to rear of dwelling
10 Abbey Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9LA
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01790/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 9m and 3, 7m high poles - Behind 45 and 59 Carleton Crescent, and Behind 69, 83, and 93/95 Carleton Avenue, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01792/FULL
Single storey extensions to side and rear of dwellinghouse
Knockhill House Knockhill Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8RD
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided25/01897/CND014
Compliance with Condition 14 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Birds Survey
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01797/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for conversion of integral garage to form habitable living space
Athan Cottage Old Mill Road Craigrothie Cupar Fife KY15 5PZ
Received 29 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01800/FULL
Change of use from hotel (Class 7) to form dwellinghouse (Class 9) and two commercial holiday let accommodation units (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of replacement windows and doors and associated works
Cedar Inn 20 Shore Road Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TR
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01802/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, new door to side of dwellinghouse and new door to detached garage
5 Stanhouse Crescent Dunfermline Fife KY11 8YX
Received 30 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01803/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
The Anchorage 1 Milton Place Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LR
Received 30 Jun 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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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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