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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 dates7,160Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,780 approved or refused records
308Refused applications
5,472 approved · 308 refused · 349 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Registered26/02262/FULL
Erection of self contained accommodation
2 Letham Place St Andrews Fife KY16 8RB
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02263/FULL
Change of use from artist studio to dwellinghouse (linked to existing dwelling)
1 Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0UG
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02264/FULL
Porch extension to front of dwellinghouse
11 Strathbeg Drive Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9XG
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02266/SCR
Environmental Impact Assessment screening request for demolition of Springfield House and Building AN which Houses Wards 5-13
Stratheden Hospital Stratheden Cupar Fife KY15 5RR
Received 10 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02267/FULL
Change of use from industrial building (Class 5) to veterinary practice (Class 1A) including erection of single storey extension, extension to car park and associated works
Banbeath Industrial Estate Banbeath Court Leven Fife
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02268/FULL
Erection of garden room, installation of 2 Juliet balconies and installation of air source heat pump
2 Forthside Terrace North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1JR
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02269/FULL
Erection of dwellinghouse and associated parking and access (Renewal of planning consent 23/00459/FULL)
4A Quality Street Gauldry Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8RS
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02270/FULL
Installation of plant and erection of boundary fencing
Over Stenton Farm Glenrothes Fife KY6 2NG
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02271/SCR
EIA Screening request for the construction and operation of a solar farm (up to 45.21MW) and ancillary infrastructure
Proposed Solar Farm North Of Pitkevy Farm Leslie Fife
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02274/ADV
Display of a non-illuminated fascia sign and an externally illuminated projecting sign
114 Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9PB
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02275/ADV
Advertisement Consent for installation of 1 no. illuminated totem sign
Stratstone Land Rover Eden Valley Business Park East Road Cupar Fife KY15 4RB
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02276/LBC
Listed Building Consent for demolition of chimney
Chimney Stalk At Prinlaws Mill Prinlaws Road Leslie Fife
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02277/RCC
Roads Construction Consent- New roads, footways and associated infrastructure to facilitate new housing (Site HHk and HHI)
Broomhall Site At Land Adjacent To Pitreavie Business Park Grange Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02278/RCC
Roads Construction Consent- New roads, footways and associated infrastructure to facilitate new housing (Site HHm)
Broomhall Site At Land Adjacent To Pitreavie Business Park Grange Road Dunfermline Fife
Received 18 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02279/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 2 Main Street, Dairsie
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02280/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North of Birchfield House, Lawrence Street, Kelty
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision21/02770/CND007
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 21/02770/FULL - Remedial Action Statement
Jenny Gray House 1 Melville Street Lochgelly Fife KY5 9JD
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02282/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
10 Dairsie Meadows Dairsie Cupar Fife KY15 4BF
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02283/LBC
Listed building consent for substantial demolition of former cinema and external alterations including rendering of walls, removal of canopy and associated works
260A High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LA
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02284/FULL
Substantial demolition of former cinema and external alterations including rendering of walls, installation of fencing and associated works
260A High Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 1LA
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02286/PN
Prior Notification/Approval for installation of replacement windows
16 South Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DN
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Decided26/00775/CND002
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 26/00775/FULL - Mortar Mix/Recessed Pointing
East Thorne Cottage Pattiesmuir Rosyth Fife KY11 3ES
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Registered25/01411/CND006
Compliance with Conditions 3, 4, 6 and 7 of planning permission 25/01411/FULL - Scheme of Intrusive Site Investigation and ground condition details
Earlshill Grange Road Earlsferry Leven Fife KY9 1AL
Received 19 Aug 2026 - Registered25/01404/NMV1
Erection of 45 affordable dwellings comprising 7 dwellinghouses (Class 9), 38 flatted dwellings (Sui Generis) including 2.no ground floor retail units (Class 1A) with boundary enclosures and amenity storage, formation of new access road, footpaths and car parking, internal drainage, landscape and renewable technology infrastructure (Amendment to 23/02505/FULL including design changes, remix of units and omission of suds basin) (Non-Material Variation for Block H position amended, and the footpath to the east of Block H revised. Steps to Blocks H and J revised, with a retaining wall indicated along the boundary line adjacent to the front of Block J. Path and link to the Public Park removed. Retaining wall indicated between Block C and 58 Hall Street. to planning permission 25/01404/FULL)
Land To The South Of Hall Street Lochgelly Fife
Received 19 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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