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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 dates7,209Searchable applications
531Recorded as pending
95%Approval rate · 5,823 approved or refused records
310Refused applications
5,513 approved · 310 refused · 355 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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
- Registered26/02480/CAC
Complete Demolition in a Conservation Area
RNLI Anstruther Lifeboat Station Anstruther Harbour East Shore Anstruther Fife KY10 3AB
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02481/TPO
Pollard 6 No. trees (TPO:C0007)
Street Record Mount Frost Gardens Glenrothes Fife
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02482/TEL
Notification of intention to install an 8m and a 9m high pole - North of The Shieling and South-East of The Craggan, North Links, Leven
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided25/00701/CDC1
Change of use of part of garden ground to kennel boarding facility (Sui Generis) and associated works including erection of kennel building, erection of fencing, and formation of hardstanding (Completion of Development Certificate for 25/00701/FULL)
Station House St Fort Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8RG
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02483/FULL
Single storey extension and installation of flue to rear and formation of steps to side of dwellinghouse
2 Sillerhole Road Leven Fife KY8 5NA
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02484/PN
Prior Approval for replacement windows to front and rear of dwellinghouse
Auldstanes Park Place Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DH
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02485/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows to front and rear of dwelling
Auldstanes Park Place Elie Leven Fife KY9 1DH
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02489/FULL
Change of use from domestic outbuilding to retail (Class 1A)
Gamekeepers Cottage Stob Cross Road Markinch Glenrothes Fife KY7 6JU
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02490/FULL
Erection of raised deck to rear of dwellinghouse
Kantara Valley Drive Leslie Glenrothes Fife KY6 3BQ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided20/03227/CND029
Compliance with Condition 29 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Lighting Trunk Roads
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02495/FULL
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
12 Grieve Court Glenrothes Fife KY7 6ZL
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02496/FULL
Alterations and extensions to dwellinghouse
17 Hallowhill St Andrews Fife KY16 8SF
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02497/LBC
Listed building consent for internal alterations to dwellinghouse
2 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9DD
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Awaiting decision23/01900/NMV1
Refurbishment of existing dwellinghouse, erection of single storey extension and new dormer to rear (Non-Material Variation to change to slates to planning permission 23/01900/FULL)
45 James Street Cellardyke Anstruther Fife KY10 3AZ
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02498/TEL
Notification of intention to install telecoms apparatus - Halbeath, West Bank, Halbeath
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02499/FULL
Replacement door and erection of fence and gate to the side, and installation of lights, stain glass glazing and parcel box to front
The Old Hall Little Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HU
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02500/LBC
Listed Building Consent for replacement windows to rear, replacement side door and installation of lights, stain glass glazing, and parcel box to front
The Old Hall Little Causeway Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HU
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02503/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 7m high pole - South-East of 29-39 Russell Drive, Glenrothes
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Decided26/02504/TEL
Notification of intention to install a 10m high pole - North of 25-31 Meldrum Crescent, Burntisland
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02505/FULL
Installation of plant, formation of hardstanding, and associated works
Bluther Burn Screenhouse Main Street Newmills Dunfermline Fife KY12 8SR
Received 10 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02507/CLP
Certificate of lawfulness (Proposed) for use as MOT Station (Class 5)
Kirkcaldy Caravans Randolph Industrial Estate 10 Randolph Place Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2YX
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02508/FULL
Installation of 2 No. rooflights to front of dwellinghouse
The Jenny Pate House Erskine Brae Culross Dunfermline Fife KY12 8HZ
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02511/FULL
Installation of replacement front door
Garden Cottage School Brae Letham Cupar Fife KY15 7RN
Received 11 Sept 2026 - Registered26/02513/FULL
Installation of 7 No. replacement windows and 2 No. replacement doors to front and rear of dwellinghouse
Monypenny House 3 Seagate Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8SR
Received 11 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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