Useful guides

Planning customer guidelines
We have put together a range of guides to help you with your applications. The following customer guidelines provide advice on a variety of topics where permission is required. They will help you know what is considered acceptable in terms of planning policy and act as a guide to the policies detailed in Fifes structure plans and local plans.
Publications
- Advertising signs for Businesses (opens in a new window)
- Businesses selling food and drink (opens in a new window)
- Certificate of lawful use or development (opens in a new window)
- Creating a better Fife: Fife urban design guide (opens in a new window)
- Creating Sustainable Communities and Buildings (opens in a new window)
- Daylight and sunlight (opens in a new window)
- Domestic micro generation (opens in a new window)
- Dormer extensions (opens in a new window)
- Garden ground (opens in a new window)
- Hazardous Substances Consent (opens in a new window)
- Home extensions (including garages and conservatories) (opens in a new window)
- Housing development in the countryside (opens in a new window)
- Minimum distances between window openings (opens in a new window)
- Painting the exterior of listed and unlisted buildings in conservation areas (opens in a new window)
- Planning legal agreements (opens in a new window)
- Renewable Energy (opens in a new window)
- Shop front design guidelines (opens in a new window)
- Site visits and site inspections (opens in a new window)
- Supplementary Guidance - Affordable Housing (opens in a new window)
- Trees and development (opens in a new window)
- What is a Conservation Area? (opens in a new window)
- Windows in listed building and conservation areas (opens in a new window)
For more information contact
Development Services (Development Promotion & Design)Tel: 08451 55 11 22 Contact Development Services (Development Promotion & Design) online
By Post: Fife Council, Forth House, Abbotshall Road, Kirkcaldy, KY1 1RU




