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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 dates7,132Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,755 approved or refused records
307Refused applications
5,448 approved · 307 refused · 346 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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
- Decided25/01897/CND018
Compliance with Condition 18 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscape Works
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02080/FULL
Erection of boundary fence
Admiralty House St Margarets Hope North Queensferry Fife KY11 1HP
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02081/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of internal wall insulation
4 Greenside Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3DD
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02083/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
48A Bonnygate Cupar Fife KY15 4LD
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02084/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
39 Canongate St Andrews Fife KY16 8RU
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02085/FULL
Change of use from physiotherapy unit (Class 1A) to commercial holiday let accommodation (Sui Generis)
7A Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UG
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02086/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - South of 61 Balbedie Avenue, Lochore, KY5 8HW
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02087/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement roof tiles
14 Crossgate Cupar Fife KY15 5HH
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02088/FULL
Change of use from storage building to indoor golf practice facility (Class 11) and associated works
Green Shed South Balmashie Kenly Boarhills Fife
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Withdrawn26/02089/PN
Prior approval for installation of replacement windows
48 John Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3BB
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02090/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for erection of domestic outbuilding
11 Doune Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9LX
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02092/FULL
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse
41A Aberdour Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 4PB
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02093/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
31 Scotland Drive Dunfermline Fife KY12 7SY
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided23/02723/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 23/02723/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Mairsland Farm Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7HR
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided23/02723/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 23/02723/FULL - Contaminated Land-Remediation Details(1)
Mairsland Farm Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7HR
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02095/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecoms apparatus
Telecommunications Mast Site Kingseat Hill Kingseat Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 28 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02097/FULL
Installation of replacement roof tiles and rainwater goods
50 High Street Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2PL
Received 21 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02099/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade telecoms apparatus
Land East Of Mackie Place Linburn Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02100/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade telecoms apparatus
Telecommunications Cabinet Wester Bogie Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided24/02290/CDC1
Installation of french doors to rear and front of flatted dwelling (Completion of Development Certificate for 24/02290/FULL)
69 Ramsay Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1UB
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02101/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade telecoms apparatus
Telecommunications Apparatus Huntsmans Court Glenrothes Fife
Received 29 Jul 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02103/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
35 Myre Crescent Kinghorn Burntisland Fife KY3 9UB
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02104/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement access gates
Starleyburn House Newbigging Burntisland Fife KY3 0AG
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02106/FULL
External alterations incorporating enclosure of existing outdoor seating area
3 Church Square St Andrews Fife KY16 9NN
Received 30 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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