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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.
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 dates7,181Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,799 approved or refused records
309Refused applications
5,490 approved · 309 refused · 351 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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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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
- Decided26/02373/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
24 Castle Crescent Kennoway Leven Fife KY8 5EY
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Decided25/01732/CND006
Compliance with Condition 6 from application 25/01732/FULL - wheel cleaning
SP Energy Networks Glenrothes Depot Eastfield Industrial Estate Woodgate Drive Glenrothes Fife KY7 4PB
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02374/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
89 Tarvit Terrace Springfield Cupar Fife KY15 5SE
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02375/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement door
61A High Street Strathmiglo Cupar Fife KY14 7PR
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02376/LBC
Listed building consent for alterations to shopfront
Forgan House The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02377/ADV
Display of non-illuminated signage
Forgan House The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02378/FULL
Alterations to shopfront
Forgan House The Links St Andrews Fife KY16 9JB
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02379/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
Camlace Cameron St Andrews Fife KY16 8PD
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02380/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 9m high pole - South of 30/32 Muirtonhill Road, Woodend, Cardenden
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02381/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m high pole - North of 47/49 Manse Road, Crossgates
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided23/02427/CND005
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 23/02427/FULL - Landscaping
The Meadows Equestrian Kinaldy Meadows Lathockar St Andrews Fife KY16 8NA
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02383/FULL
Installation of 19 No. solar panels on rear roof of dwellinghouse
The Farmhouse 1 Old Edinburgh Boarhills St Andrews Fife KY16 8PZ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02384/LBC
Listed building consent for repainting and replacement of sign
Crail Museum 62 Marketgate South Marketgate Crail Anstruther Fife KY10 3TL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02385/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of 19 No. solar panels on rear roof of dwellinghouse
The Farmhouse 1 Old Edinburgh Boarhills St Andrews Fife KY16 8PZ
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02386/PN
Prior approval for installation of replacement windows
14 Station Road St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02387/LBC
Listed building consent for installation of replacement windows
14 Station Road St Monans Anstruther Fife KY10 2BL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02388/TCA
Conifer in NE corner of property next to boundary with 6 Gladgate - Removal of tree
4 Gladgate Auchtermuchty Cupar Fife KY14 7AY
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02389/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
2 Ayton Court Glenrothes Fife KY6 1JT
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND008
Compliance with Condition 8 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Invasive Non-Native Species Plan
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND022
Compliance with Condition 22 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - TDM site plan amendments
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND027
Compliance with Condition 27 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - EV Parking
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND034
Compliance with Condition 34 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - External Construction Materials
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND031
Compliance with Condition 31 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Barriers Trunk Roads
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND032
Compliance with Condition 32 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Barrier Provision Trunk Roads
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026
Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Start with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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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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