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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.
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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 dates7,016Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,648 approved or refused records
301Refused applications
5,347 approved · 301 refused · 337 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/01009/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 26/01009/FULL - Biodiversity
James Bank James Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QE
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01725/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and external alterations
66 Kilbagie Street Kincardine Alloa Fife FK10 4QX
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01726/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2, 8m high poles - North of 1 and 24 The Cairns, Charlestown
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided23/02133/NMV1
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, replacement roofing materials, formation of raised platforms and installation of flue (Non Meterial Variatin from application 23/02133/FULL - Garage door removed and replaced with 2 new windows and infill wall matching the proposed elevation cladding and window proportion. Front section of adjoining garage to be occupied (previously was rear section of garage).
2 Meadowfield Court Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7AT
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01728/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse, formation of hardstanding, erection of boundary fencing and walls, and associated works
Dunedin House 25 Townsend Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1HB
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Registered24/00084/NMV1
Alterations and extension to building to include installation of windows, doors, flue and air source heat pumps, roofing works, stonework/repointing and paintwork, replacement guttering, erection of rear extension, boundary wall and gate (including part demolition), conversion of outbuilding to form additional rooms and siting of 3.no shepherd huts, formation of hardstanding with associated landscaping and bin storage (Non Material Variation from application 24/00084/FULL - alterations to internal layout and installation of rooflights)
Pittenweem Inn 42 Charles Street Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2QJ
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01729/FULL
Installation of 11 metre mast and amateur radio HF hexbeam antenna
103 Hendry Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5DB
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01730/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external works including installation of windows, doors, roofing works, replacement guttering, internal downtakings to reconfigure layout and associated works (demolition of timber porch, boiler store room and boiler flue to rear of the building) (amendment to 24/00086/LBC)
Pittenweem Inn 42 Charles Street Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2QJ
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01731/FULL
Siting of shipping container, and erection of fencing
20 Wilson Street Blairhall Dunfermline Fife KY12 9PS
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01732/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to farm steading including erection of replacement pitched roof, installation of rainwater goods and associated works
Farmhouse Creich Farm Creich Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4PA
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01733/FULL
External alterations to farm steading including erection of replacement pitched roof, installation of rainwater goods and associated works
Farmhouse Creich Farm Creich Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4PA
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01734/LBC
Listed building consent for repairs and reinstatement of entrance gates ironmongery, repainting of gates, and repairs to masonry piers
Falkland Palace East Port Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BY
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01735/FULL
Repairs and reinstatement of entrance gates ironmongery, repainting of gates, and repairs to masonry piers
Falkland Palace East Port Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BY
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01738/FULL
Alterations and single storey rear extension to dwellinghouse
24 Braehead Road Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LY
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01739/FULL
Change of use from office (Class 4) to flatted dwellings (Sui Generis)
Cupar Opportunity Centre 54 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5HS
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02228/CDC1
Repairs to chimney (Completion of Development Certificate for 25/02228/FULL)
37 High Street Newburgh Cupar Fife KY14 6AH
Received 23 Jun 2026 - Decided24/00924/NMV2
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A) and 4 No. commercial units (Class 1A and Class 3) including formation of access, car parking and cycle parking, landscaping and boundary treatments, and installation of EV chargers and drainage infrastructure (Non-Material Variation for Minor repositioning of the four commercial units to address identified underground utility constraints, while maintaining the approved floor area to planning permission 24/00924/FULL)Payment Reference :- FRM-10041338
Land At Q3 Dunlin Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Unknown21/01778/NMV1
Erection of industrial unit (class 4) and siting of 6 no. storage containers and associated parking (Non Material Variation from application 21/01778/FULL to increase in number of container units from 6 to 7, extent of cladding revised, timber screen to boundary added, gate entrance added)
Land To The East Of Anstruther Fire Station Ladywalk Anstruther Fife
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01744/FULL
Single storey extension with associated raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
Broomfield Strathkinness Low Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9NG
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01745/TPO
Crown reduction to 1 No. Ash tree (TPO W0034-T010)
31 Abington Road Dunfermline Fife KY12 7XU
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01746/FULL
Erection of timber fence over existing low level blockwork wall (Retrospective)
23 Sandylands Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JS
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Unknown26/01747/SCO
Environmental Impact Assessment scoping opinion for the re-opening of Redcraigs Quarry with a lateral extension included together with the restoration of the quarry.
Redcraigs Quarry Roscobie Knockhill Dunfermline Fife KY12 0SG
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01750/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - South of Telephone Exchange, Church Street, Limekilns
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 24 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02770/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 25/02770/ARC - Badgers
Land To The North Of Wellwood Primary School Main Road Wellwood Fife
Received 24 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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