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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 dates7,101Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,728 approved or refused records
304Refused applications
5,424 approved · 304 refused · 342 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/01908/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness for erection of single storey rear extension, alterations to dwellinghouse, formation of raised deck area and erection of outbuilding
8 Livingstone Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 8JL
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01909/PN
Prior Approval for re-decking of railway bridge - UB 113/013 between 48 and 43/50 Cardenden Road, Cardenden
Railway Bridge Cardenden Road Cardenden Fife
Received 17 Jun 2026 - Registered26/01911/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for erection of extension
Babcock Marine Engineered Products Building 164 Watt Road Rosyth Business Park Rosyth Fife
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/00938/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 from applcation 26/00938/FULL - FOR THE AVOIDANCE OF DOUBT, should the existing shed be retained and relocated, details of its proposed new location shall be submitted for PRIOR approval in writing by this Planning Authority.
Southern Lodge Abbotsford Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HQ
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01912/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - 11 James Robb Avenue, St. Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01913/FULL
Erection of 2 no. dwellinghouses, formation of access, hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Nethertown Lodge West Nethertown Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7PN
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided23/01320/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 from applcation 23/01320/FULL - Visibilty Splay
13 Bondgate Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AF
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01914/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Crombie Cottage Anstruther Fife KY10 2DE
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01915/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m and an 8m high pole - Land To The South Of 1 Pitlethie, School Hill and South-East of 23 Henderson Terrace, Leuchars
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01916/PN
Prior notification for installation of replacement windows
2 Douglas Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1QG
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/01917/FULL
Installation of sprinkler housing unit, with associated boundary fencing
Land To North Of Primrose Lane Whinnyburn Place Rosyth Fife
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01918/TEL
Notice of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 5A Main Street, Leuchars
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01920/FULL
Erection of retail (Class 1) and food and drink (including takeaway)(Class 3 and Sui Generis) units with associated access, servicing, car parking (Section 42 to vary condition 2 of 22/00901/FULL to allow the sale of comparison goods from Unit 2)
Former Reekie Group Garage South Road Cupar Fife
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01921/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for installation of mezzanine floor
2 Cupar Retail Park South Road Cupar Fife KY15 5FA
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01922/FULL
Alterations to existing footpath, and formation of new footpath Site: The Toft and Stenton Road, Elie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01923/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Bower Park Gateside Cupar Fife KY14 7TD
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01924/FULL
Single storey extension to front and two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
17 Sunnyside Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9XP
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01927/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations to flatted dwelling
30C Shore Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3AQ
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01928/FULL
Shed/workshop extension to side of dwellinghouse
15 Lochtyview Gardens Glenrothes Fife KY1 4BP
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01929/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - West of 76A Main Street, Crossgates
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01931/FULL
Change of use from scout hall (Class 10) to gymnasium (Class 11) and associated works including alterations to car parking
Scout Hall Quarry Brae Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3AT
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided25/02927/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 from application 25/02927/FULL - tree protection
Land To South Of Viewfield House Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided25/02927/CND003
Compliance with condition 3 from application 25/02927/FULL - Landscaping plan
Land To South Of Viewfield House Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided25/02927/CND006
Compliance with condition 6 from application 25/02927/FULL - Prior to the development hereby approved coming into use, visibility splays 2m x 30m shall be provided and maintained clear of all obstructions exceeding 600mm in height above the adjoining road channel level, at the junction of the vehicular access and the public road, in accordance with the current Fife Council Making Fife's Places Appendix G. The visibility splays shall be retained for the lifetime of the development.
Land To South Of Viewfield House Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 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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