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	<title>Confederation of St Andrews Resident&#8217;s Associations &#8211; St Andrews QV</title>
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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[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Airbnb]]></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>Short-Term Lets &#8211; Residents Association calls for St Andrews Control Areas</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/04/short-term-lets-residents-association-calls-for-st-andrews-control-areas/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Confederation of St Andrews Residents Asociations, working with the Community Council and Preservation Trust, is calling for measures to enable the Council to regulate and manage Short Term Lets by establishing  Control Areas in St Andrews. Introduction Fife Council is to consult on the need to regulate the number of lets in parts of &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/04/short-term-lets-residents-association-calls-for-st-andrews-control-areas/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Short-Term Lets &#8211; Residents Association calls for St Andrews Control Areas"</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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					<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>MSP blames council&#8217;s HMO policy for student accommodation crisis</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/03/msp-blames-councils-hmo-policy-for-student-accommodation-crisis/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Mar 2022 00:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alnany Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign for adffordable student housing]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sstudents attending St Andrews University are experiencing difficulty in finding affordable accommodation in the town with some having to travel from as far as Dundee. Student representatives identified the closure of Albany Park Halls, demolished to make way for a new larger residence, as fuelling the accommodation shortage. Speaking to the Dundee Courier, NE Fife &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/03/msp-blames-councils-hmo-policy-for-student-accommodation-crisis/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "MSP blames council&#8217;s HMO policy for student accommodation crisis"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Lade Braes: Council ignores residents&#8217; safety concerns</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/lade-braes-council-ignores-residents-safety-concerns/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2020 14:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cockshaugh Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council has signalled that it is planning to press ahead with its plans for the Lade Braes in St Andrews in spite of the serious concerns expressed by residents. As previously reported by StAQV, the Council has been awarded £300,000 for work to upgrade the Lade Braes,  with £150,000 from Sustrans &#8216;Places for Everyone &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/lade-braes-council-ignores-residents-safety-concerns/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Lade Braes: Council ignores residents&#8217; safety concerns"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>New safety measures proposed for St Andrews streets as lockdown eases</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/06/new-safety-measures-proposed-for-st-andrews-streets-as-lockdown-eases/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2020 09:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Confederation of St Andrews Residents&#8217; Associations (CSARA) and a number of other organisations were invited to offer suggestions to allow St Andrews to become a safer environment when the present Covid -19 lock-down arrangements are eased. CSARA polled constituent members and the collated responses provided a set of suggestions, which was forwarded to Fife &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/06/new-safety-measures-proposed-for-st-andrews-streets-as-lockdown-eases/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "New safety measures proposed for St Andrews streets as lockdown eases"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>CSARA asks: Is Airbnb ruining our communities?</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/05/csara-asks-is-airbnb-ruining-our-communities/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2020 21:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Confederation of St Andrews Residents&#8217; Associations (CSARA) has been an active campaigner for the protection of scarce housing stock being utilised as student accommodation and has successfully promoted policies, such as a planning moratorium in the Central Conservation Area, and a policy recently adopted by Fife Council to prevent further homes being turned into &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/05/csara-asks-is-airbnb-ruining-our-communities/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "CSARA asks: Is Airbnb ruining our communities?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>University&#8217;s Albany Park plans criticised</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/11/universitys-albany-park-plans-criticised/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Nov 2019 21:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Albany Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scottish Oceans Institute]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Preservation Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Sailing Club]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[While supporting the principle of purpose built student accommodation, a number of local organisations, including the St Andrews Preservation Trust, the Confederation of St Andrews Residents&#8217; Associations (CSARA) and St Andrews Sailing Club, together with local residents, have objected to the University&#8217;s proposals (see Fife e-planning service). At the time of posing this article St &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/11/universitys-albany-park-plans-criticised/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "University&#8217;s Albany Park plans criticised"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>University&#8217;s £70m plans for Albany Park rejected</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/08/universitys-70m-plans-for-albany-park-rejected/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Albany Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Community Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Andrews Preservation Trust]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council planners have formally refused planning permission for the project which includes 17 student residence blocks (see artist&#8217;s impression), associated landscaping, 107 car parking spaces and other works, including clearance of the existing buildings on site, were tabled, along with plans for a new student facilities building. The proposal would provide 754 student beds, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/08/universitys-70m-plans-for-albany-park-rejected/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "University&#8217;s £70m plans for Albany Park rejected"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews care home appeal refused</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/st-andrews-care-home-appeal-refused/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2019 21:25:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Care home]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Gibson House]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government Planning Reporter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hepburn Gardens]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Government Planning Reporter Mike Shiel has dismissed the appeal and refused planning permission for a care home at 92 Hepburn Gardens. The appeal was made by CAF Properties, who had their application turned down by the North East Planning Committee earlier this year. The Committee had ignored the recommendation by the Planning Officer for approval &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/05/st-andrews-care-home-appeal-refused/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews care home appeal refused"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Students hope to circumvent ban on further HMOs in St Andrews</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/04/students-hope-to-circumvent-ban-on-further-hmos-in-st-andrews/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A survey of students renting private accommodation in the town by the University Students Association, with the University&#8217;s support, claims to show that there are 145 &#8216;wasted&#8217; rooms in St Andrews &#8211; either a locked bedroom or what was characterised as an underutilised room, such as a living room, study, spare room or storage room, &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/04/students-hope-to-circumvent-ban-on-further-hmos-in-st-andrews/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Students hope to circumvent ban on further HMOs in St Andrews"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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