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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 dates7,088Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,715 approved or refused records
304Refused applications
5,411 approved · 304 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision26/01857/FULL
Change of use from 2 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) to 2 commercial holiday let accomodation units (Sui Generis)
38 Queen Anne Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7AY
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01858/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of timber framed replacement windows
84A Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LB
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01859/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of 3 no. replacement windows to flatted property
84A Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LB
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01860/FULL
First floor extension to side and single storey extension to side/rear of dwellinghouse
26 Beechwood Avenue Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GD
Received 3 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01861/FULL
Erection of domestic gardenroom
Barron Hall 35 George Terrace St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01862/FULL
Installation of 4 replacement windows to dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
56 High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DB
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01863/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of 4 replacement windows to dormer extension to rear of dwellinghouse
56 High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DB
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01864/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of door
Wayside Cottage Jubilee Crescent Newton Of Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7NQ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01866/CLE
Certificate of Lawfulness-Existing for single storey extension and formation of raised platforms to rear of dwellinghouse
6 Catherine Terrace Crosshill Lochgelly Fife KY5 8AR
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01867/FULL
Conservatory extension to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Sycamore Crescent Lumphinnans Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9HH
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01868/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
30 Dover Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 8HA
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01869/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for alterations to dwellinghouse (removal of garage door to form window)
2 Seafire Place Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9GY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01870/FULL
External alterations including repair work to rooflight and glazed panels, installation of cladding and roof covering, and associated works
Sheriff Court House Whytescauseway Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1XQ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01871/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for alterations to existing integral garage to form habitable accommodation
20 Gifford Court Crail Fife KY10 3UZ
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01872/PPP
Planning permission in principle for the erection of a dwellinghouse
Cairn Cottage Carslogie Road Cupar Fife KY15 4HY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01873/TEL
Notification of intention to install 4, 9m and 2, 7m high poles - North of 13 St. Bunyans Place, South of 11A Meadow Road, South-West and West of 103 Main Street, and South-East of 6 and North-West of 18 Fern Place, Leuchars
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01954/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse (renewal of planning permission 23/00752/PPP)
Woodlands Drum Road Cupar Muir Cupar Fife KY15 5DU
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01875/FULL
Replacement dormer extension to rear of flat
3 Bowling Green Street Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 9DF
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01876/TCA
Unidentified species - Full removal
183 High Street Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3AF
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01877/TCA
Silver Birch - 2ft to 1m clearance of phonelines. 30 percent height reduction
Ross House High Street Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BU
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01878/FULL
Mixed-use development incorporating erection of student accommodation (135 bedrooms) with associated management and amenity facilities, and new nursery with associated hard and soft landscaping works. Provision of associated car parking (28 spaces) and cycle storage (81 spaces). Formation of pedestrian footpath and diversion of existing culvert (Section 42 application to remove condition 1 of planning permission 13/03039/FULL)
Homes For Students East Sands St Andrews Fife
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01879/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations including installation of metal brackets
Falkland Palace East Port Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BY
Received 6 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01880/FULL
Erection of 2 domestic outbuildings to rear of dwellinghouse
10 Low Causeway Torryburn Dunfermline Fife KY12 8LP
Received 7 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01881/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of rooflights (retrospective)
The Croft Creich Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB
Received 7 Jul 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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