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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 dates7,119Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,742 approved or refused records
304Refused applications
5,438 approved · 304 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/02002/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse and installation of window
Benview Cupar Road Balmalcolm Cupar Fife KY15 7TJ
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02003/FULL
Rebuild rear external staircase
50 Brucefield Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY11 4SX
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02004/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to 2 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis)
53 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9QR
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02005/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations
53 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9QR
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02006/TCA
4 m high prunus tree to the front of the property - Removal of tree due to disease
34 Church Place Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EH
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02007/ADV
Display of externally illuminated free-standing two-sided composite sign to front of site
99 Backmarch Road Rosyth Fife
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02008/FULL
Erection of summerhouse and installation of raised decking to rear of dwellinghouse (retrospective)
5 Keltyhill Avenue Kelty Fife KY4 0LH
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02009/FULL
Erection of 6 dwellinghouses (Class 9) including formation of access and associated works
Land Adjacent To 13 Elie House Elie Leven Fife KY9 1ER
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02010/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed) for use of dwellinghouse as commercial holiday let accommodation
102 Keith Place Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1QE
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02011/FULL
Installation of parcel locker (in retrospect)
Co-op 84 High Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0SW
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02012/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 6m high pole - South-East of 16 Hillpark Terrace, Wormit
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02013/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-East of 7-17 Millhill Street, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02014/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3, 9m high poles - South-West and North-West of Chapel Green House, Chapel Green, and North-West of 87 High Street, Earlsferry
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 20 Jul 2026 - Registered25/00257/CND001
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission 25/00257/ARC - Results of Gas Monitoring
Land At Halbeath North Of Fife Circle Rail Line Pleasance Road Halbeath Fife
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02019/CON
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Part 4 Marine Licensing00012096 - Maintenance Dregding and Sea Deposit - Crail Harbour
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02021/TEL
Notification of intention to install 2 telecoms cabinet extensions - North of 1 Lindsay Place, High Street, Freuchie, and North of 1 Southfield, Falkland
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02022/TEL
Notification of intention to install 3 telecoms cabinet extensions - South-West of 2A Ladybank Road, Kingskettle, and West of Telephone Exchange, Church Street, and South-East of 48 Church Street, Ladybank
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02023/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
20 Smithy Road Balmullo St Andrews Fife KY16 0BG
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02024/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of replacement windows
Flat 1 6 Heriot Street Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1ND
Received 16 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02025/TCA
T1 - Prunus sp. - Coppice to 1.5m, T2 - Prunus sp. - Fell to ground level, T3 - Sorbus aucuparia - Fell to ground level, T4 - Pinus sylvestris - Fell to ground level
52 Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LD
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02026/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of defibrillator and bleed kit
131 High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LR
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02027/TCA
Fell 1 No. Prunus sp.
19 School Brae Letham Cupar Fife KY15 7RN
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02028/FULL
Installation of 5 roof vent tiles to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Mid Row Croftouterly Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DR
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02031/LBC
Listed building consent for external works to pier
Ferryport Pier Pierhead North Queensferry Fife
Received 21 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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