St. Andrews 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
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ward approval rate
821
Decisions
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Approved
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Refused
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Fife average
PlanningLens is currently withholding approval rates for Fife, so no ward comparison is published for St. Andrews. Decision volumes are still shown.
How St. Andrews compares
St. Andrews ward
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Fife overall
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Recent decisions in St. Andrews
Erection of gates and fences to flatted dwellings · Fri 18 Sep 2026
Amendment to previous application 25/03050/FULL (Two storey extension to rear of · Fri 18 Sep 2026
Alterations and extension to dwellinghouse and erection of raised decking to rea · Wed 16 Sep 2026
Single storey extension to side and installation of air source heat pump to fron · Wed 16 Sep 2026
Listed building consent for internal alterations · Tue 15 Sep 2026
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✓ Appeal success rates
✓ PDF report to share with your architect
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Other wards in Fife
East Neuk And Landward (–)
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 (–)