Dunfermline South planning approval rate
Approval rate withheld for Fife. PlanningLens is temporarily withholding the headline approval rate for this council. The published record does not contain enough usable decision-date information to establish sufficiently complete and current coverage. This does not mean the previously shown percentage has been proved wrong. No official statistic is substituted in its place. Approval, refusal and rate figures are shown as – throughout this page. Decision volumes are unaffected and are still published. Why we withhold a rate
Last updated: September 2026
–%
ward approval rate
135
Decisions
–
Approved
–
Refused
–
Fife average
PlanningLens is currently withholding approval rates for Fife, so no ward comparison is published for Dunfermline South. Decision volumes are still shown.
How Dunfermline South compares
Dunfermline South ward
–
Fife overall
–
Planning in Fife? Check your postcode to see approval rates specific to your ward and street.
Planning professional? PlanningLens runs refusal alerts and evidence packs for Fife and any other published UK council — see the data services →
Recent decisions in Dunfermline South
Erection of fence (retrospective) · Fri 25 Sep 2026
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse · Wed 23 Sep 2026
Erection of shed to rear garden (retrospective) · Mon 21 Sep 2026
Installation of raised decking to rear of dwellinghouse · Fri 11 Sep 2026
Single storey extension to rear of dwellinghouse · Tue 01 Sep 2026
What gets approved near your property?
Your PlanningLens Full Planning Analysis gives you 17 pages of intelligence specific to your property:
✓ Ward-level approval rates for your exact area
✓ Common refusal reasons in Fife
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Free planning check for Fife →
✓ Common refusal reasons in Fife
✓ Your 10 nearest comparable planning decisions
✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
Free. Based on 3,030 decisions.
Other wards in Fife
East Neuk And Landward (–)
St. Andrews (–)
Howe Of Fife And Tay Coast (–)
Cupar (–)
Dunfermline Central (–)
West Fife And Coastal Villages (–)
Inverkeithing And Dalgety Bay (–)
Burntisland, Kinghorn And West Kirkcaldy (–)
Leven, Kennoway And Largo (–)
Glenrothes North, Leslie And Markinch (–)
Tay Bridgehead (–)
Kirkcaldy Central (–)