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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 dates7,190Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,807 approved or refused records
310Refused applications
5,497 approved · 310 refused · 352 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Decided20/03227/CND033
Compliance with Condition 33 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND021
Compliance with Condition 21 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Low Carbon
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/00629/NMV1
Installation of replacement roof tiles and (retrospective) replacement rooflights to front and rear (Non-Material Variation to add traditional slate courses to the eaves/gutter to planning permission 26/00629/FULL)
6A Station Road Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TB
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02390/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
1 Kinglassie Road Auchterderran Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0NL
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02391/FULL
Two storey extension to side of dwellinghouse and external alterations
20 Dovecot Park Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0TD
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02392/APN
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential) - Urquhart Farm, KY12 8QJ
Land North West Of Urquhart Farmhouse Urquhart Farm Dunfermline Fife
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02395/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for installation of 23 No. solar panels on rear roof of dwellinghouse
Morven Pattiesmuir Rosyth Fife KY11 3ES
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02397/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
49 Upper Kinneddar Saline Dunfermline Fife KY12 9TR
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02401/FULL
Erection of garden room to rear of dwellinghouse
21 Cant Crescent St Andrews Fife KY16 8NF
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02403/LBC
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
16 South Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DN
Received 26 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02404/FULL
Alterations to external colour of lime wash
West End Collessie Brae Collessie Cupar Fife KY15 7RQ
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02405/LBC
Listed building consent for internal and external alterations including installation of replacement window and door
1 Howard Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HL
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Registered26/02406/FULL
Change of use from office (Class 4) to flatted dwelling (Sui Generis) and external alterations including installation of replacement window and door
1 Howard Place St Andrews Fife KY16 9HL
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02407/TEL
Notification of intention to install 5, 8m high poles - North-West of The Craigs Farm, Kinglassie Road, Auchterderran
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02408/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - North of 90 Woodend Road, Auchterderran
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02409/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
8 Anna Munro Avenue Dunfermline Fife KY12 9GL
Received 31 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02411/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for conversion of integral garage to habitable accommodation
2 South Larch Lane Dunfermline Fife KY11 8YB
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02412/CLP
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alterations to dwellinghouse (conversion of garage to form habitable accommodation)
8 The Wynd Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9SH
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided25/01001/CND011
Compliance with Condition 11 from Application 25/01001/ARC - Construction Management Traffic Plan
The Farmhouse Masterton Masterton Road Dunfermline Fife KY11 8QJ
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02413/CON
Marine (Scotland) Act 2010, Part 4 Marine Licensing - 00010902 / 00012405 - Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI) - Marine Construction - Anstruther Harbour - RESPONSE REQUIRED BY 25TH SEPTEMBER
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 28 Aug 2026 - Awaiting decision26/02414/CON
Felling Permission Appliication (Forestry and Land Management (Scotland) Actt 2018) - Property Name: Melgers
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Received 27 Aug 2026 - Decided26/02415/TCA
2No. mature cherry trees - Crown reduction up to 30%
14 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02417/FULL
Single storey front and side extensions
41 Dronachy Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY2 5QL
Received 1 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02418/FULL
Alterations to roof to rear of dwellinghouse
10 Woodhead Street High Valleyfield Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SQ
Received 1 Sept 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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