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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5,461 approved · 307 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Awaiting decision26/02208/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement fireplace and log burning stove
19 Isla Place Albert Street Tayport Fife DD6 9AS
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02209/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement window to rear of flatted dwelling
3C Gillespie Terrace The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AT
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02210/FULL
Erection of shed to rear garden (retrospective)
44 Lilac Grove Dunfermline Fife KY11 8AP
Received 11 Aug 2026 - Decided21/02768/CND012
Compliance with Condition 12 of Planning Permission ECU00003326 - Internal Drainage of Transformers
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02213/FULL
Alterations to shopfront
114 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PB
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02214/LBC
Listed Building Consent to alter approved colour finish of windows and doors to rear of dwellinghouse
49 North Castle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9BG
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02216/FULL
Dormer extension to front and rear of dwellinghouse
65 Dysart Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2BA
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02217/FULL
Installation of lightweight tiles on existing conservatory roof
35 Leven Road Lundin Links Leven Fife KY8 6AH
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02218/FULL
Erection of outbuilding
University Of St Andrews Gateway Building North Haugh St Andrews Fife KY16 9RJ
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02219/FULL
Installation of replacement windows to front, side and rear of dwellinghouse
Burnside Cottage Northall Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JR
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02220/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows to front, side and rear of dwellinghouse
Burnside Cottage Northall Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JR
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided24/01711/NMV5
Formation of golf course with driving range, erection of clubhouse, spa and holiday accommodation, gatehouse and agronomy and maintenance buildings (sui generis) including conversion of farmhouse/steading (Class 9) to mixed use events space (Class 11) with access, car parking and ancillary support buildings and associated landscaping, drainage and renewable technology infrastructure (Non-Material Variation to (No Covering letter attached?) to planning permission 24/01711/FULL)
Feddinch Mains Feddinch St Andrews Fife
Received 12 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02222/FULL
Alterations and single storey rear extension to rear of dwellinghouse with raised platform and steps
6 Morlich Park Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9XW
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02223/FULL
Installation of plant and equipment
Ironmill Bay W W T W Charlestown Dunfermline Fife KY11 3DP
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02225/FULL
Substitution of house type on plot 1 (amendment to planning permission reference 25/01333/FULL)
Andrew Davie Cupar Road Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7LS
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02226/FULL
External alterations including painting, installation of replacement windows and doors, replacement rooftiles and associated works
43 High Street West Anstruther Fife KY10 3DJ
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02227/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including painting of building, installation of replacement windows and doors, replacement rooftiles and associated works
43 High Street West Anstruther Fife KY10 3DJ
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02228/FPN
Prior Notification for Forestry-related Building Works (Non-residential - New road construction - LAND AT DEVILLA FOREST
Devilla Forest Kincardine Fife
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02229/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of secondary glazing
15 Tolbooth Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1RW
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02230/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for formation of a lined earth bank slurry lagoon
Farmhouse Falside And Muirlands Ovenstone Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2RT
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02233/FULL
Alterations to shopfront
137 High Street Dunfermline Fife KY12 7DR
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02234/LBC
Listed Building Consent for alterations to porch
34 Shoregate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3SU
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02235/TEL
Notification of intention to upgrade telecoms apparatus
Telecom Mast Faraday Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 13 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02238/FULL
Alterations to 2No. dwellinghouses including alterations to roofs and windows/doors, external landscaping, alterations to boundary walls, installation of fences/gates/steps/handrails and erection of outbuildings
Northcliffe And Rockview 11-15 The Scores St Andrews Fife KY16 9AR
Received 14 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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