Planning application
The Original Factory Shop Woodend Place Cowdenbeath Fife KY4 8EE
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Change of use from retail warehouse (Class 1A) to business use (Class 4) for light industrial manufacture and assembly operations
As published by the council, reference 26/01847/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01847/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 2 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Cowdenbeath
- Parish
- Cowdenbeath
- Postcode
- KY4 8EE
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Jul 2026
Received by Fife
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30 Jul 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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6 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 24 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Fife took a median of 46 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Oliver & Robb Architects LLP Agent, an architecture practice registered in Dunfermline
Active · incorporated 2006 · Dunfermline
55 applications on PlanIndex · across 10 councils · 98% granted
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See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
- 06 - PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN
- 03A - EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 04A - EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- 07 - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- PSAD
- SW
- 05 - SUPPORTING STATEMENT
- 04 - SUPERSEDED EXISTING ELEVATIONS
- 03 - SUPERSEDED EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- PSAD
- 02 - EXISTING SITE PLAN
- 01 - LOCATION PLAN
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Fife for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Fife decided full applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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