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		<title>Council gives the go-ahead for University New College project</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/council-gives-the-go-ahead-for-university-new-college-project/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Major plans by the University of St Andrews to redevelop one of the most significant sites in the town have been given the green light. Today (Wednesday 14 January 2026) Fife Council approved a £142 million plan to renovate the former Madras College school building in South Street and construct new buildings on the site. Once &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/council-gives-the-go-ahead-for-university-new-college-project/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council gives the go-ahead for University New College project"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Councillors reject officials recommendation on holiday lets</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/councillors-reject-officials-recommendation-on-holiday-lets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jan 2026 15:28:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fife Cabinet Committee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holiday lets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[At its meeting on the 8th January, Fife Council&#8217;s Cabinet Committee rejected a report by council officials recommending against the implementation of short-term let control areas (STLCAs) on the grounds that STLs have a limited impact on housing compared to other types of properties, such as HMOs and second homes, and a fear that their &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/councillors-reject-officials-recommendation-on-holiday-lets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Councillors reject officials recommendation on holiday lets"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Residents association slams council report on regulating holiday lets</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/residents-association-slams-council-report-on-regulating-holiday-lets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2026 22:15:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airbnb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinet Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSARA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday lets]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The recommendation to the Fife Council Cabinet Committee to ignore the problems caused by increasing short term lets, such as AirBnb in St Andrews and the East Neuk has been met with disbelief by the Confederation of St Andrews Residents Association (CSARA). Chair of CSARA David Middleton has criticised the report going to the committee on 8th January &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2026/01/residents-association-slams-council-report-on-regulating-holiday-lets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Residents association slams council report on regulating holiday lets"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Concern about South Street Build-out Proposals</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/02/concern-about-south-street-build-out-proposals/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Feb 2025 19:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[culture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrews QV has obtained a copy of a letter letter from the Chairman of the Confederation of St Andrews Residents&#8217;  Associations, David Middleton, to councillors on the NE Fife Planning Committee ahead of it&#8217;s meeting on Wednesday (18th) at which several planning applications for permanen buildouts are to be considered. Mr Middleton writes: &#8216;Dear &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/02/concern-about-south-street-build-out-proposals/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Concern about South Street Build-out Proposals"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council Fails to Consult</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/07/council-fails-to-consult/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jul 2024 15:45:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[East Bents St Andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[East Sands]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[North East Fife Planning  Committee has approved a planning application, 24/00383/FULL,  to position a mobile sauna on the East Bents, St Andrews, adjacent to  the harbour and has leasd the site for a period of 5 years. However, since the East Bents is &#8216;Common Good&#8217; land, i.e., it belongs to the community although administered by &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2024/07/council-fails-to-consult/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council Fails to Consult"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>University hopes to build 700 bedroom student residence in St Andrews</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/05/university-hopes-to-build-700-bedroom-student-residence-in-st-andrews/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 May 2023 13:02:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University of St Andrews is to press ahead with plans to provide an extra 700 student beds in town to help take the pressure off the private rental market. Working with its partner Campus Living Villages (CLV), the University is re-submitting multi-million-pound plans for a major new student residence on the site of Albany Park, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/05/university-hopes-to-build-700-bedroom-student-residence-in-st-andrews/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "University hopes to build 700 bedroom student residence in St Andrews"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Return South Street to its pre-Covid state</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/return-south-st-to-its-pre-covid-state/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 20:41:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sir, I write in support of recent correspondents who have urged Fife Council to return the pavements of South Street to their pre-Covid state, in other words, to discontinue the use of tables, chairs and in some cases large tent-like structures which encumber considerable stretches of the pavements. During Covid, these were seen as an &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/return-south-st-to-its-pre-covid-state/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Return South Street to its pre-Covid state"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>E-scooter casualties and deaths</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/11/e-scooter-casualties-and-deaths/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2022 18:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Concern has been expressed about Fife Council&#8217;s policy ecouraging cycling, including the use of E-scooters, on the Lade Braes, and data released by the Department of Transport indicates that this concern is well founded. The DfT annual report &#8211; Reported Road casualties Great Britain, annual report: 2021 &#8211; reveals that there were 1,434 casualties involving e-scooters, of &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/11/e-scooter-casualties-and-deaths/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "E-scooter casualties and deaths"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>West Sands one of 49 bathing waters in Scotland to breach sewage limits this summer</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/09/west-sands-one-of-49-bathing-waters-in-scotland-to-breach-sewage-limits-this-summer/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2022 10:58:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bathing water]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In spite of having a 3* Excellent rating from Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) faecal contamination on 24 August at the West Sands in St Andrews was more than 20 times the safety limit. On that particular day, sea water off the beach contained more than 10,000 viable E.Coli gut bacteria per 100ml. According to Sepa, the “principal &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/09/west-sands-one-of-49-bathing-waters-in-scotland-to-breach-sewage-limits-this-summer/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "West Sands one of 49 bathing waters in Scotland to breach sewage limits this summer"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Development &#8220;out of scale and out of character&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/development-out-of-scale-and-out-of-character/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2022 16:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NE Fife Planning Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Community Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Gregory's Place]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Regulus Cottage]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[St Andrews Community Council, along with local residents, is objecting to plans for two luxury homes complete with an underground pool, garage and gym, on the grounds that the design would be out of character with the area. Residents also object to the “aggressive use of bronze cladding” to be used on the front elevation &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/development-out-of-scale-and-out-of-character/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Development &#8220;out of scale and out of character&#8221;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews West &#8211; overprovision of car parking?</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/st-andrews-west-overprovision-of-car-parking/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Feb 2022 16:38:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Letters to Editor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Space for Cycling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews West]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[To the Editor In December you provided valuable coverage of the new housing development in St Andrews West which showed that the developer is well aware of the environmental and climate implications of new housing and were taking these into account. They point out in their transport assessment that a high priority is given in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/02/st-andrews-west-overprovision-of-car-parking/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews West &#8211; overprovision of car parking?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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