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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.
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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 dates7,142Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,763 approved or refused records
307Refused applications
5,456 approved · 307 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
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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
- Registered26/02162/LBC
Listed building consent for external alterations including repair work to rooflight and glazed panels, installation of cladding and roof covering, and associated works
Sheriff Court House Whytescauseway Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1XQ
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02163/FULL
Erection of fences and gates and formation of patio to rear, installation of weather vane to roof and nameplate to front of dwellinghouse (part retrospective)
Planners House 1 East Shore St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2AR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02164/FULL
Change of use from commercial unit (Class 1A) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of windows and door
8 Forth Street Leven Fife KY8 4PF
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided09/01160/CND013
Compliance with condition 13 from application 09/01160/WARM - Prior to the first dwellinghouse being occupied, details of all boundary treatment e.g. walls, fences etc, to be submitted in writing for the approval of Fife Council as the Planning Authority.
Housing Development South Of New Flockhouse Lochore Fife
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided09/01160/CND016
Compliance with condition 16 from application 09/01160/WARM - Contminated Land - Remediation Completion
Housing Development South Of New Flockhouse Lochore Fife
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02166/FULL
Erection of storage facility (Class 6) and associated works
68 Main Street Kelty Fife KY4 0AE
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02167/FULL
Change of use from woodland to outdoor education use (Class 10) and associated works (in retrospect)
Land To The North Of Chancefield Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7AE
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided22/01713/CND003
FRM-10043198 - Compliance with Condition 3 of Planning Permission 22/01713/FULL - contaminated Land - Remediation Details
Housing Development South Of New Flockhouse Lochore Fife
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided25/00522/NMV1
Erection of replacement porch and alteration of door to form window and the erection of a single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse (Non-Material Variation of application 25/00522/FULL minor partial changes to finish from facing brick to horizontal timber cladding boards on proposed rear extension)
Rockslea Cottage Links Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AW
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02169/FULL
First floor extension to front of dwellinghouse
57 North Larches Dunfermline Fife KY11 4NY
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02170/FULL
Alterations including repainting of shopfront
90 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PA
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02171/ADV
Display of 2 No. non-illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. non-illuminated projecting sign
90 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PA
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02172/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal and external alterations including painting and replacement fascias
90 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PA
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02173/FULL
Extensions to roof and rear of garage/store to side of dwellinghouse
11 Orchard Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 5RG
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02174/FULL
Alterations and single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse with raised platform/balustrade/steps
32 Couston Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7QW
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02175/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) in respect of use of existing dwellinghouse (Class 9) and its curtilage as such; together with the operation of a tattoo studio from an existing domestic outbuilding between 10:00 and 19:00 on not more than two weekdays (Monday to Friday), and between 10:00 and 13:00 on not more than one Saturday in any six-week period; and otherwise in accordance with the accompanying plans and other submissions
85 Warout Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 4EP
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02176/ADV
Display of internally illuminated signage
B And Q Unit 1 Riverside Retail Park Riverside Road Leven Fife KY8 4LT
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02177/FULL
Single storey extension to front of dwellinghouse and formation of raised platforms
1 Myrtle Terrace Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8DN
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Registered24/02666/NMV1
Change of use from disused plant nursery/garden centre grounds (mixed-use) (sui generis) to children's outdoor day nursery and associated development (part retrospective) (Non-Material Variation for alterations to proposed car parking to planning permission 24/02666/FULL)
Land South Of Crompton Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02178/FULL
Erection of a tank farm comprising 12 vertical storage tanks (18m high x 4m diameter) with associated infrastructure, including retaining walls, containment bund, access stairways, process building, switch room, fencing, pipe bridge, associated engineering, landscaping and ancillary works (in retrospect).
Diageo Scotland Ltd Banbeath Industrial Estate Banbeath Road Leven Fife KY8 5HD
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02179/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse, and installation of replacement roofing
23 Mournipea Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7BU
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decided24/02393/CDC1
Erection of domestic shed (Completion of Development Certificate for 24/02393/FULL)
Craigforth Chapel Green Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AD
Received 7 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02181/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for installation of replacement windows
Broomstick House 10 Orchard Flat Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7DL
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02182/FULL
Erection of extension and formation of hardstanding
Bridgend Garden Centre Freuchie Cupar Fife KY15 7HY
Received 10 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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