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Planning application documents: what to read first
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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 dates7,147Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,768 approved or refused records
307Refused applications
5,461 approved · 307 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided26/02183/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
Broomstick House 10 Orchard Flat Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7DL
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02184/ADV
Display of 2 No. illuminated fascia signs and 1 No. illuminated projecting sign
137 High Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7DR
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided25/02526/NMV2
Change of use from agricultural land to allow for installation of plant and associated equipment, erection of fencing, installation of hardstanding, and formation of access - Non Material Variation for use of additional land
Lower Largo W W T W Serpentine Walk Bourtree Brae Lower Largo Leven Fife KY8 6JH
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02185/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
11 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02186/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
10 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02187/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
9 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02188/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
12 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02189/PN
Prior Notification of installation of replacement windows
14 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02190/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
18 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02191/PN
Prior Notification for installation of replacement windows
16 Forth Place Burntisland Fife KY3 9DR
Received 6 Aug 2026 - Decided23/02427/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 from application 23/02427/FULL - Intrusive site investigations - CMRA
The Meadows Equestrian Kinaldy Meadows Lathockar St Andrews Fife KY16 8NA
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02194/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and a 10m high pole - North of 1-7 and North-West of 9-15 Baliol Street, Kinghorn
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02195/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 12m high pole - North-West of 27-29, Bellyeoman Road, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02196/FULL
Two storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
20 Launcherhead Road Lochgelly Fife KY5 9EQ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02197/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
5 Bennochy Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5QU
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02198/PPP
Planning permission in principle for erection of dwellinghouse and associated development
Land Adjacent To St Anthonys Rest Main Street Star Fife KY7 6LE
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02199/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of 13 no. PV panels, battery storage and air source heat pump
28 High Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7BE
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02200/FULL
Installation of 13 no. PV panels, battery storage and air source heat pump
28 High Road Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7BE
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02201/CLP
Certicate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Bellfield Farmhouse Milton Of Balgonie Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NZ
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02202/FULL
Single storey extension to side of dwellinghouse
1 Cotburn Crescent Burntisland Fife KY3 9JD
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02203/FULL
Change of use from public open space to private garden ground and erection of fencing to side of dwellinghouse
22 Carfrae Drive Glenrothes Fife KY6 1LX
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02204/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - Opposite 123 Craigside Road, Cardenden
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered19/02750/NMV1
Non-Material Variation for extension of existing concrete battery bases, the repositioning and consolidation of existing battery racks, and the installation of 12 additional DC battery containers on the vacated battery-unit bases, retaining the existing maximum import and export capacity of 49.9 MW to planning permission 19/02750/FULL
Ferrymuir Energy Battery Storage Stratheden Cupar Fife KY15 5RW
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02207/TCA
Conifer bush - Removal
27 Seaside Place Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TX
Received 11 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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