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Fife planning applications
7,892 applications. 96% approved. 46 days to decide.
As of October 2026, PlanIndex holds 7,892 planning applications from Fife. 2,875 were decided in the trailing 12 months, with 96% of clear-cut outcomes approved.
Fife: 3,089 applications received in the last year, 2,875 decisions published.
Fife takes a median of 46 days to decide a planning application. See how that compares.
All applications
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26/02725/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install a 1 X9m high pole - Fern Place, Leuchars, Fife, KY16 0ET
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26/02720/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install high poles 1 X 9m - near 24 East Scores, St Andrews, KY16 9BE 1 X 8m - near 1 Marine Place, St Andrews, KY16 9PP
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26/02721/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install a 1 X 10m high pole - 1 Carden Avenue, Cardenden, Lochgelly, KY5 0EA
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24/00211/NMV1 Awaiting decision
Strathkinness Parish Church Church Road Strathkinness St Andrews Fife KY16 9XR
Change of use from church (Class 10) to two dwellinghouses (Class 9) and installation of balcony - Non-material variation for external alterations to 24/00211/FULL
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26/02677/TEL Awaiting decision
Telecommunications Mast Toll Park Station Road Buckhaven Fife
Removal of existing 18.50m monopole to be replaced with a 22.50m pole
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26/02660/FULL Awaiting decision
43 Minto Crescent Glenrothes Fife KY6 1LP
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
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24/00924/NMV3 Awaiting decision
Land At Q3 Dunlin Drive Dunfermline Fife
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A) and 4 No. commercial units (Class 1A and Class 3) including formation of access, car parking and cycle parking, landscaping and boundary treatments, and installation of EV chargers and drainage infrastructure (Non-Material Variation to amendment to the approved roof design, including a change in roofing material and profile, increase in roof pitch, and associated increase in ridge height, while retaining the approved footprint, eaves height, external colour and overall appearance to planning permission 24/00924/FULL) Payment reference - Pay later by Card
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26/02654/TPO Awaiting decision
Street Record Corpach Drive Dunfermline Fife
tree1 sycamore, tree2 silver birch, tree3 ash tree4 silver birch - crown raise and target prune of 4 trees overhanging property's boundary
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26/02666/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install 1X 9m high pole - Dundonald Park, Cardenden, Lochgelly, KY5 0DA
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26/02662/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install 1 No. 9m high pole SITE: Post Office Lane, North Queensferry, KY11 1JP
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26/02658/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install a Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - Craigflower House, Craigflower Court, Torryburn, KY12 8AY
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24/03204/CND004 Awaiting decision
Kilspindie Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
Compliance with Condition 4 from application 24/03204/FULL - DEMOLITION METHOD STATEMENT
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26/02643/LBC Awaiting decision
51A High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BZ
Listed Building Consent for installation of replacement windows
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26/02650/APN Awaiting decision
Pitcairn Farm Pitcairn Road Bowhill Cardenden Lochgelly Fife KY5 0AD
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
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26/02656/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - outside rear wall of 1 Allan Robertson Drive, St Andrews, KY16 8EX
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26/02647/LBC Awaiting decision
3 Alexandra Place Market Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9XD
Listed Building Consent for alterations to shopfront
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26/01423/CND003 Awaiting decision
Windmill Community Campus Windmill Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3AL
Compliance with Condition 3 of planning permission 26/01423/FULL - Landscaping Plan
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24/03204/CND003 Awaiting decision
Kilspindie Bank Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BW
FRM-10055464 - Compliance with Condition 3 from application 24/03204/FULL - GATEPILLAIRS - REASON
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26/01423/CND002 Awaiting decision
Windmill Community Campus Windmill Road Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 3AL
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 26/01423/FULL - Gas Protection
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26/02636/FULL Awaiting decision
36 Church Place Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EH
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
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26/02631/LBC Awaiting decision
6A Station Road Kingsbarns St Andrews Fife KY16 8TB
Listed Building Consent for traditional slate courses to the eaves/gutter
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24/03281/NMV1 Awaiting decision
Land At Former King Malcolm Hotel Laburnum Road Dunfermline Fife
Erection of retail unit (Class 1A) and associated works (demolition of existing building). (Non-material variation to 24/03281/FULL for landscape amendments)
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26/02625/TPO Granted
32 Brodick Gardens Dunfermline Fife KY11 8ET
1 Ash suffering from dieback - Removal of tree
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25/02138/CND001 Awaiting decision
St Clair Tavern 2 - 4 St Clair Street Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2QE
Compliance with Condition 1 of Planning Permission 25/02138/LBC - stone replacement
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23/02590/NMV1 Awaiting decision
37 High Street Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BZ
Erection of dwellinghouse and formation of hardstanding (demolition of domestic outbuilding) (Non-Material Variation to footprint of proposed house, reduced the height of flat roof, new windows and doors, external finish to the walls, courtyard garden ommitted in lieu of paved patio, rooflight over entrance omitted and orientation of rooflight over kitchen varied and position of PV panels varied to planning permission 23/02590/FULL)
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25/02363/CND005 Awaiting decision
Westfield O C C S Fife
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/02363/FULL - Construction Environmental Management Plan (CEMP)
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25/02363/CND006 Awaiting decision
Westfield O C C S Fife
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/02363/FULL - SUDS
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25/02363/CND002 Awaiting decision
Westfield O C C S Fife
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/02363/FULL - Contaminated Land Survey
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26/02613/CON Awaiting decision
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Section 37 Consultation -Central Scotland 400kV Upgrade (ZCS Route)- RESPONSE DUE 25 NOVEMBER 2026
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24/00900/NMV1 Awaiting decision
Craigrothie Village Hall Cupar Road Craigrothie Cupar Fife KY15 5QD
Alterations to village hall including replacement and extended roof and installation of solar panels and formation of bin store (Non-Material Variation for Alteration of specification of external cladding to planning permission 24/00900/FULL)
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26/02612/CON Awaiting decision
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Section 37 Consultation -Central Scotland 400kV Upgrade (ZCS Overhead line) .RESPONSE DUE 25 NOVEMBER 2026
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26/02611/CON Awaiting decision
Scottish Government Consultation Fife
Section 37 Consultation - Central Scotland 400kV Upgrade (XL Route) .RESPONSE DUE 25 NOVEMBER 2026
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26/02770/NMV1 Awaiting decision
Land To The North Of Wellwood Primary School Main Road Wellwood Fife
Approval of matters specified in condition 2 of application 17/00103/PPP (PPA-250-2338) for erection of 140 residential units (including 35 affordable units) and associated infrastructure including access, roads, footways/cycleways, landscaping, drainage, public art and play park ( Non Material Variation ftom application 26/02770/ARC to change the show home in Plot 1 from a Sandalwood House Type to a Cherrywood House Type. Additionally, variations to paths in the eastern part of the site are necessary to achieve a Road Construction Consent (RCC).
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26/02622/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install 2 No. 8 metre, 2 No. 9 metre and 1 No. 10 metre high light poles Site: Dundaonld Park, Dundonald, Cardenden, KY5 0BZ
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26/02614/TEL Awaiting decision
This Site Address Is Still To Be Recorded On Our Property Database (temporary Address Used) Fife
Notification of intention to install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - 34 Cooper Ha Avenue, Lochgelly, Fife,KY5 9DZ
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26/02594/TCA Granted
Dean Cottage Lower Flat Ferry Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HW
Removal of x3 multi-stemmed self seeded Sycamore trees
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26/02615/PN Awaiting decision
43 High Street Dysart Kirkcaldy Fife KY1 2UQ
Prior notification for installation of replacement windows
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25/00765/CND004 Awaiting decision
Land SW Of Younger Gardens Melville Road St Andrews Fife
Compliance with Condition 4 of planning permission 25/00765/ARC - Noise Impact Assessment update
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26/00448/CND002 Awaiting decision
Farmhouse Easter Kilwhiss Farm Giffordtown Ladybank Cupar Fife KY15 7UR
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 26/00448/FULL - Archaeological Works
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26/02604/TEL Awaiting decision
Transmitting Station 12303 Ceres Road Cupar Fife KY15 5JT
Notification of intention to install a Electronic Communications Apparatus - Arqiva Transmitting Site, James Place, Ceres Road, Cupar, KY15 5JT
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26/02584/LBC Awaiting decision
92 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LN
Listed Building Consent for alterations including internal works to walls and external works including installation of SV pipes
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26/02583/FULL Awaiting decision
92 Hepburn Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LN
Installation of SV pipes to dwellinghouse
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26/02580/CLP Awaiting decision
3 Dalmeny View Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9LU
Certificate of Lawfulness - Proposed for conversion of integral games room to habitable accommodation
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26/02592/CLP Awaiting decision
12 Dalgety Gardens Dalgety Bay Dunfermline Fife KY11 9LF
Certificate of Lawfulness (Proposed) for external alterations to dwellinghouse (installation of replacement window and alterations to existing door to form window)
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26/02585/FULL Awaiting decision
192 Dover Drive Dunfermline Fife KY11 8HB
Single storey extension and formation of raised platform to rear of dwellinghouse
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26/02576/TCA Awaiting decision
60 Buchanan Gardens St Andrews Fife KY16 9LX
Beech tree - 30% crown-reduction and installation of cobra bracing , Crimson king - Acer - 25% height reduction
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26/02588/LBC Awaiting decision
Traquair West Port Falkland Cupar Fife KY15 7BW
Listed building consent for interal alterations
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26/02582/APN Granted
Land To The North Of Croftgarry Cottages Cullaloe Aberdour Fife
Prior Notification for Farm-related Building Works (Non-residential).
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26/02601/RCC Awaiting decision
Former Police Station Napier Road Glenrothes Fife KY6 1HN
Roads Construction Consent
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26/02590/FULL Awaiting decision
2 Meadowfield Cottage Meadowfield Cowdenbeath Road Burntisland Fife KY3 0LD
Erection of one and half storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse
Recent decisions
Data to October 2026
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26/02136/FULL Granted
8 Hallowhill St Andrews Fife KY16 8SF
Single storey extension and replacement decking to the rear of dwellinghouse
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26/02594/TCA Granted
Dean Cottage Lower Flat Ferry Road North Queensferry Inverkeithing Fife KY11 1HW
Removal of x3 multi-stemmed self seeded Sycamore trees
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26/02625/TPO Granted
32 Brodick Gardens Dunfermline Fife KY11 8ET
1 Ash suffering from dieback - Removal of tree
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26/02481/TPO Granted
Street Record Mount Frost Gardens Glenrothes Fife
Pollard 6 No. trees (TPO:C0007)
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23/00973/NMV1 Granted
Craiglea Cottage Ladeddie Farm Ladeddie Pitscottie Cupar Fife KY15 5TY
Two single storey extensions to rear of dwellinghouse, and one single storey to front (Non-Material Variation to raise the roof ridge line of the extension by approximately 0.40 m to accommodate structural steelwork to planning permission 23/00973/FULL)
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20/03227/CND032 Granted
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Compliance with Condition 32 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Barrier Provision Trunk Roads
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20/03227/CND031 Granted
Land To South Of Riverside Terrace Kincardine Fife
Compliance with Condition 31 of planning permission 20/03227/ARC - Barriers Trunk Roads
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25/01897/NMV1 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Conservation and adaptive reuse of the former Madras College building to create a new academic college (Class 10 Non-residential institutions), including restoration works to listed buildings, enclosure of quadrangle, extension of listed building, public realm improvements, landscaping, and associated works (Non-Material Variation to Various changes proposed in line with discussions with Fife Council officers to planning permission 25/01897/FULL)
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26/02349/TCA Granted
28 North Feus Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6ER
an approx. 40ft ? 45ft double-stemmed Poplar tree growing in the rear garden - To dismantle.
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25/00701/CDC1 Granted
Station House St Fort Newport On Tay Fife DD6 8RG
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)
The full record
Decisions between 2020 and 2026
PlanIndex holds 7,150 decisions from Fife between 2020 and 2026, part of 7,892 applications on record. Over that period 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals, 5,726 granted against 234 refused. The busiest single year was 2026, with 2,417 applications recorded.
The trailing-year figures above track current activity. This record reaches back further, so a decision here may predate the online portal; each application still has its own page with the source link.
From the archive
Earliest records shown in full
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20/00951/TPO Granted
The Paddock 40B Main Street Upper Largo Leven Fife KY8 6EW
Request to carry out work to trees protected by a Tree Preservation Order Prune Oak, Sycamore and Ash
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20/00474/RCC Granted
Site Adjacent To The Avenue Lochgelly Fife
Roads Construction Consent- Construction of Phase 3 access roads and footways to serve new dwellinghouses
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20/01652/PPP Refused
Land To North East Of Murrayknowe Farm Auchterderran Cardenden Fife
Planning Permission in Principle for erection of dwellinghouse (Class 9) and workshop (Class 5) with associated access and parking
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20/01776/TPO Granted
Land To South East Of Mount Frost Place Glenrothes Fife
Request to fell one Sorbus var, , one Sitka spruce and one Birch tree, crown reduce Sycamore Address: Land to the South East of 1 Mount Frost Place, Glenrothes, Fife, KY7 6JH
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20/02265/RCC Granted
Land To North Of 1 Kinglassie Road Auchterderran Cardenden Fife
Roads Construction Consent
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20/01895/PAN Decided
Land South Of Pitdinnie Farm Pitdinnie Road Cairneyhill Fife
Proposal of Application Notice for residential development with associated engineering and infrastructure works
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20/02703/OBL Withdrawn
Maiden Advertising Board Asda Supermarket Halbeath Retail Park Dunfermline Fife
Discharge of Planning Obligation 87/00945/H (Section 50 agreement)
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20/02439/TPO Withdrawn
Land To The Rear Of 58 Targate Road Milesmark Fife
Request to carry out works to 1 Sycamore tree (removal of over-hanging limbs) The Fife Council (milesmark Dunfermline) tree Preservation Order 1999, No. 6 Tree limbs over-hanging into back garden of 58 Targate Road, Milesmark)
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20/03290/FULL Granted
1 - 13 Sahara Park Elie Leven Fife KY9 1BB
Painting exterior of group of dwellings and replacement external steps
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20/03239/FULL Granted
1 Middleshade Road St Andrews Fife KY16 9NA
Installation of replacement conservatory roof
Decision speed
12 months to October 2026, where both dates are published
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Within 8 weeks the statutory target for most applications 1,808 63%
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8 to 13 weeks the target band for major development 667 23%
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Over 13 weeks often extended by agreement 400 14%
Planning agents in Fife
The firms named as agent on the most applications on this register. Company information only.
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Openreach Limited 88% granted overall 253
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Montgomery Forgan Associates 98% granted overall 136
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Fife Council 99% granted overall 123
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Andrew Allan Architecture Ltd 100% granted overall 120
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Sinclair Watt Architects Ltd 98% granted overall 88
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Gray Planning & Development Ltd 93% granted overall 84
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John Gordon Associates Ltd 95% granted overall 78
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Muir Walker & Pride Ltd 99% granted overall 78
Browse by ward
Applications by ward in Fife
- Buckhaven, Methil And Wemyss Villages 143
- Burntisland, Kinghorn And West Kirkcaldy 305
- Cowdenbeath 223
- Cupar 376
- Dunfermline Central 421
- Dunfermline North 185
- Dunfermline South 169
- East Neuk And Landward 1,023
- Glenrothes Central And Thornton 172
- Glenrothes North, Leslie And Markinch 297
- Glenrothes West And Kinglassie 153
- Howe Of Fife And Tay Coast 534
- Inverkeithing And Dalgety Bay 431
- Kirkcaldy Central 252
- Kirkcaldy East 243
- Kirkcaldy North 145
- Leven, Kennoway And Largo 344
- Lochgelly, Cardenden And Benarty 317
- Rosyth 265
- St. Andrews 1,000
- Tay Bridgehead 344
- West Fife And Coastal Villages 471
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Common questions
How many planning applications does Fife decide?
In the 12 months to October 2026, Fife decided 2875 planning applications. 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
How long does a planning decision take in Fife?
The median time from a planning application being received to a decision was 46 days over the 12 months to October 2026. Individual cases vary with complexity and consultation responses.
How many Fife decisions arrive within the eight week target?
Of the 2875 decisions in the 12 months to October 2026 where both dates are published, 63% came within eight weeks of the application being received, and 86% within thirteen weeks.
How many planning applications has Fife decided in total?
PlanIndex holds 7150 decisions from Fife between 2020 and 2026, out of 7,892 applications on record. Across that whole period 96% of clear-cut outcomes were approvals.
When is planning activity busiest in Fife?
February 2026 was the busiest month across the 12 months to October 2026, with 358 applications recorded. The monthly pattern is listed on this page.
How do I find a planning application by its reference number?
Every application indexed here has its own page at a stable address. Look the reference up in a search engine together with the council name, or browse the latest applications below. Each page shows the description, address, dates and decision as the council published them.
Where can I see the full documents for an application?
Plans, drawings and officer reports stay on Fife's own planning portal. Every application page here links straight to the source record.
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Fife: 7,892 planning applications on record as of October 2026. Trailing 12 months: 2,875 decided, 96% approved, median 46 days to a decision. 3,089 new applications received in the same period. Decisions on record run between 2020 and 2026: 7,150 in total, 96% approved. Source: PlanIndex, planindex.co.uk.
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