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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 dates7,151Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,772 approved or refused records
307Refused applications
5,465 approved · 307 refused · 348 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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More application records
- Decided26/02239/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
130 Leadside Crescent Wellwood Dunfermline Fife KY12 0NT
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02240/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated works
10 Roome Bay Crescent Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TT
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02241/FULL
Internal and external alterations to dwellinghouse
Crawford Priory Lodge Cupar Fife KY15 5QY
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided25/01963/CND003
Compliance with Condition 3 of listed building consent 25/01963/LBC - Windows
Gibson House Argyle Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9BP
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided25/01881/CND002
Compliance with Condition 02 of Planning Permission 25/01881/FULL - Bat and Bird BoxesFRM-10043482
Balbirnie House Hotel Balbirnie Park Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered25/01881/CND004
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 25/01881/FULL - Lighting
Balbirnie House Hotel Balbirnie Park Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided25/01881/NMV1
Change of use from open space to allow for siting of 12 woodland cabins to provide additional accommodation ancillary to existing hotel (Class 7), formation of footpaths and associated works - Non-material variation for external alterations to 25/01881/FULL
Balbirnie House Hotel Balbirnie Park Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6NE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02242/FULL
Alterations to and change of use of premises formerly part of a depot (sui generis) to a gymnasium (Class 11) and reconfiguration of the car park and associated works
Unit 6 Craig Mitchell House Queensway Industrial Estate Flemington Road Glenrothes Fife KY7 5BE
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02243/ADV
Display of 1 No. non-illuminated fascia sign
Ground Floor 207 South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EF
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02244/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for works including reinstatement of burn, reconnecting watercourse and restoration works including tree and hedge planting
Stenhouse Reservoir Cullaloe Aberdour Fife
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02245/FULL
Installation of In Post Parcel Locker (retrospective)
24 Cotburn Crescent Burntisland Fife KY3 9JE
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02246/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers to side of shop (in retrospect)
22 Craigside Road Bowhill Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0LG
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02247/FULL
Siting an InPost Parcel Locker
Walker Street Car Park Walker Street Kincardine Fife
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02248/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers
Aberlour Street Car Park Aberlour Street Rosyth Dunfermline Fife KY11 2RD
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02249/FULL
Siting an InPost Parcel Locker (in retrospect)
Inpost Locker Overton Road Kirkcaldy Fife
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02250/FULL
Installation of parcel lockers to side of building (in retrospect)
Inpost Locker At Balbirnie Gym Woolmill Road Glenrothes Fife
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02251/LBC
Listed Building Consent for internal/external alterations to dwellinghouse (amendment to 24/01394/LBC)
The Old Schoolhouse School Row Brunton Cupar Fife KY15 4NB
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02252/TPO
Request to carry out tree works: Pollarding 2 x Lime Trees (TPO Nos T11 (28029245) and T17 (28019248)
4 Whytebank Gardens Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5AJ
Received 14 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02254/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecoms apparatus
Telecommunications Column Innova Way Rosyth Fife
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02255/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South-West of 41-47 Mid Beveridgewell, Dunfermline
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02256/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
39 Churchill Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 8EF
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02257/TPO
3No. oak and 1No. beech - Up to 30% crown reduction and removal of dead wood
9 Chambers Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8RQ
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02260/FULL
Formation of driveway and erection of boundary wall
6 Scott Street Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8DD
Received 17 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02261/FULL
Repair and replacement of roof, replacement of rainwater goods and abutment repairs
9 Cove Wynd Pittenweem Anstruther Fife KY10 2LE
Received 17 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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