CSARA asks: Is Airbnb ruining our communities?
The Confederation of St Andrews Residents' Associations (CSARA) has been an active campaigner for the protection of scar...
Category: Sustainability
Climate Change: implications for town planning
Part 2 of a 2 part series by Professor Michael Collins
The Planning (Scotland) Act 2019
The purposes of planning a...
University accuses MoD of failure to engage over windfarm plans
In 2013 the university was given planning permission to build a windfarm consisting of six wind turbines at Kenly capabl...
Climate change: Scottish Government policies
Part 1 of a 2 part series by Professor Michael Collins
INTRODUCTION
United Nations Annual Climate Change Confere...
How green is my biomass?
The conversion to biomass energy has played a key role in reducing our dependence on fossil fuels but is this renewable ...
University appoints climate change advisor
The University of St Andrews has appointed former Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK government, Professor Sir Ian Boyd,...
Lade Braes £300K upgrade welcomed
Fife Council’s Community & Housing Services Committee has approved a £100,000 allocation towards a £300,000 upgr...
In defence of trees – an opinion
Recent events have thrown into sharp relief the enormous pressure of new building in St Andrews which seems intent on fi...
Council Leaders ask for help in solving Fife’s health and social care crisis
Fife Council co-leaders David Ross and David Alexander have requested a meeting with the Health Secretary, Jean Freeman,...
Council votes down plan to reduce vehicle pollution
In a motion tabled at the recent full meeting, Fife Council was urged by Councillor James Calder to adopt legislation wh...
Queen’s Gardens one way with contraflow – an end to this?
Queen’s Gardens is a beautiful and elegant street which is a credit to the town, with its fine houses on one side and ...