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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 dates7,103Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,729 approved or refused records
304Refused applications
5,425 approved · 304 refused · 343 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026We haven’t verified direct planning guidance links for this authority yet. Use its official website in Council sources.
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
- Awaiting decision26/01932/FULL
Change of use and alterations to first floor guide hall (Class 10) to form flatted dwelling house (sui generis) and retail (Class 1) and installation of dormers and cupola and roof lights and replacement windows and doors (amendment to 22/02958/FULL for alterations to formers, and installation of PV panels) (part-retrospective)
Upper Floor 2 South Bridge Cupar Fife KY15 5HY
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01933/FULL
Erection of 2-storey extension to rear of detached dwellinghouse
30 Mackintosh Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8PX
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01934/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Montrose Crescent Lochore Lochgelly Fife KY5 8EA
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01935/CLE
Certificate of lawfulness (existing) for erection of domestic outbuilding and for installation of window to side of dwellinghouse
20 Moubray Road Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9JP
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01936/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse, formation of access, hardstanding, and associated works
1 Fordlebank Pickletillum Drumoig St Andrews Fife KY16 0BU
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Unknown26/01937/SCO
Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion for major residential-led development including landscaping, drainage, roads, access, parking and associated development including neighbourhood centre for retail/commercial and community units
Swallowdrum SDA Site North Of Carnock Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 10 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01938/FULL
Change of use from football social club to physiotherapy and wellness centre (Class 1A) with associated community space, and external alterations including installation of replacement windows and doors
84 Langlands Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8BN
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01939/FULL
Alterations to substation, erection of fencing and associated works
West Burnmill Industrial Estate Burnmill Road Leven Fife
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Withdrawn25/02536/CND009
Compliance with Condition 9 of Planning Permission 25/02536/ARC - Noise attenuation measures
Land To South Of Cocklaw Street Kelty Fife
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decided23/02143/CDC1
Formation of external staircase and installation of rooflight and solar panels (Completion of Development Certificate for 23/02143/FULL)
51 High Street Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AR
Received 13 Jul 2026 - Decided24/01022/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of Planning Permission 24/01022/FULL - Lighting
R W E Biomass Plant Glenrothes Fife KY7 6GU
Received 9 Jun 2026 - Decided26/00565/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 26/00565/FULL - Scheme of Works (Large Developments)
Reekie Fish Merchant Marygate Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LQ
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Decided25/02709/CND016
FRM-10042278 - Compliance with condition 16 from application 25/02709/FULL - Prior to the commencement of the development hereby approved, a management plan shall have been submitted to and approved in writing by the planning authority, which plan shall set out measures for the inspection, management and remediation of any windthrow damage to trees on adjoining local authority-owned land outwith the application site which may arise as a consequence of the development hereby approved. The approved measures shall thereafter be implemented as and when windthrow damage arises, in accordance with the approved plan, unless otherwise agreed in writing by the planning authority.
Land To West Of Glenfield Industrial Estate Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01941/FULL
Installation of new external staircase to side of dwelling
24 Whytehouse Avenue Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UW
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01942/FULL
Erection of rear extension and summerhouse, alterations to outbuildings, formation of covered hard-standing/patio area and installation of fence/gates
Seabank House South Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DN
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01421/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 26/01421/FULL - Contaminated Land Survey/Remediation
Cupar Muir Sawmill Quarry Road Cupar Muir Cupar Fife KY15 5QP
Received 1 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01944/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-West of 28 Main Street, Leuchars
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Registered26/00235/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 26/00235/FULL - Suds landscaping
Lochgelly Public Park Melville Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 3 Jun 2026 - Decided26/01945/CON
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Part 4 Marine LicensingCapital Dredging and Sea Disposal - Pittemweem Harbour
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 9 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01947/CON
Electricity Act 1989The Electricity Works (Environmental Impact Assessment) (Scotland) Regulations 1027Request for scoping opinion for proposed Section 46 Application for halfway energy park
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 8 Jul 2026 - Decided26/01949/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of Dean's Court, North Street, St Andrews
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01950/FULL
Erection of 8 no. dwellinghouses, formation of hardstanding, landscaping, and associated works
Land West Of Pitreavie Castle Care Home Caslte Drive Dunfermline Fife
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Decided22/03419/CND002
Compliance with condition 2 from application 22/03419/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Plot 1 Barham Road Rosyth Europarc Rosyth Fife
Received 14 Jul 2026 - Registered26/01951/ADV
Advertisement consent for installation of 7 no. signs (both illuminated and non-illuminated) and window vinyl manifestations
St Andrews Student Union St Marys Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9UY
Received 14 Jul 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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