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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 dates7,135Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,756 approved or refused records
307Refused applications
5,449 approved · 307 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Withdrawn18/00078/NMV8
Construction of 334 residential units with associated engineering, landscape and infrastructure works (Non-Material Variation to update the Development Layout and Material Finishes Plan to reflect approved Roads Construction Consent (RCC) Layout. Changes relate to removal of cycle path on the eastern boundary and change of paths on western boundary to create cycle route to planning permission 18/00078/FULL)
Land At Seggie Farm Seggie Guardbridge Fife
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02108/FULL
Change of use from flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) to commercial holiday let accommodation (Sui Generis)
Anstruther Post Office 36 Shore Street Anstruther Fife KY10 3AQ
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02110/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North of 15 Burnside Avenue, Kinghorn
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02111/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and formation of hardstanding
20 Arkaig Drive Crossford Dunfermline Fife KY12 8YN
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided25/02927/NMV1
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works (Part retrospective) (Non-Material Variation to Change approved sliding glazed doors to glazed bi-fold doors to planning permission 25/02927/FULL)
Land To South Of Viewfield House Viewfield Terrace Dunfermline Fife
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02112/FULL
Extension to workshop (Class 5), formation of vehicular access and parking, and associated development
19 Faraday Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 2RU
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02113/PPP
Outline planning permission for erection of Ethylene Plant and associated facilities, pipelines and marine terminal on land at Mossmorran and Braefoot Bay (Section 42 application to vary condition 14 of planning permission reference 800250 to allow for the retention of site roads, security fencing and drainage infrastructure)
Fife Ethylene Plant Mossmorran Fife
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02114/CAC
Complete Demolition in Conservation Area
Greyfriars Greyfriars Garden St Andrews Fife KY16 9HG
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Registered26/02115/FULL
Erection of 6 dwellinghouses including erection of bin and bike stores, formation of hardstanding, alterations to boundary walls, landscaping, and associated works
Greyfriars Greyfriars Garden St Andrews Fife KY16 9HG
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02116/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - West of 6 Moir Court, Kelty
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 1 Aug 2026 - Registered23/03589/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 23/03589/ARC - Wheel Cleaning
Broomhall Site At Land Adjacent To Pitreavie Business Park Grange Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 31 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02117/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of solar panels and air source heat pump with associated apparatus
11 The Crescent Dura Den Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5TL
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02119/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse
40 Doocot Road St Andrews Fife KY16 8QP
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02121/FULL
Installation of synthetic sports pitch and associated works, including erection of boundary fencing and floodlighting
Glenrothes Strollers Community Clubhouse Viewfield Glenrothes Fife KY6 2AD
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02123/FULL
Single storey extensions to front and rear of dwellinghouse
Ring Farm Chance Inn Cupar Fife KY15 5PQ
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02124/FULL
Dormer extension to rear, external alterations to dwellinghouse and formation of raised platform
12 Felkington Avenue Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3XP
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided25/02709/CND010
Compliance with Condition 10 of Planning Permission 25/02709/FULL - Contaminated Land - Survey
Land To West Of Glenfield Industrial Estate Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Withdrawn25/02709/CND013
Compliance with Condition 13 of Planning Permission 25/02709/FULL - No above ground development shall commence until;a) a scheme of intrusive investigations has been carried out on site to establish the risks posed to the development by past shallow coal mining activity; and b) any remediation works and/or mitigation measures to address land instability arising from coal mining legacy, as may be necessary, have been implemented on site in full in order to ensure that the site is made safe and stable for the development proposed. The intrusive site investigations and remedial works shall be carried out in accordance with authoritative UK guidance.
Land To West Of Glenfield Industrial Estate Cowdenbeath Fife
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02128/CON
Consultation on Scoping Opinion- Versalis UK Bo'ness Road Grangemouth FK3 9XEResponse due date: 20 August 2026
Falkirk Council Consultation Kincardine Fife
Received 30 Jul 2026 - Decided26/02129/TEL
Notification of intention to install a telecoms cabinet extension
Telecommunications Cabinet Grassmiston Wormiston Crail Fife
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02130/TEL
Notification of intention to install a telecoms cabinet extension
Telecommunications Cabinet Marketgate North Marketgate Crail Fife
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02131/PN
Prior Approval for 3 No. replacement windows
4B Bridge Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 8DA
Received 3 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02132/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - North-West of 47 High Street, Earlsferry
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 4 Aug 2026 - Decided24/01949/NMV1
Erection of house (Class 9) and associated development, including formation of vehicular access and parking area (Non-Material Variation to provide for repurposing and reconfiguration of internal floor layout and associated changes to fenestration)
Willow Brae Woodlands Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6HD
Received 4 Aug 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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