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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[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Airbnb]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cabinet Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></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>Council consults on Airbnb type short-term lets</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/08/council-consults-on-airbnb-type-short-term-lets/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Aug 2025 14:11:55 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council has launched a consultation on short-term lets which ends on 8th September. The questionnaire seeks views on whether to establish control areas for this type of accommodation which overwhelmingly is located in the mainline housing stock. World-wide, short-term let websites, of which airbnb is the best known, advertise holiday accommodation in areas attractive &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2025/08/council-consults-on-airbnb-type-short-term-lets/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council consults on Airbnb type short-term lets"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Review of HMO Overprovision Policy in St Andrews &#8211; have your say!</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/review-of-overprovision-policy-in-st-andrews-have-your-say/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2022 22:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council Housing Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMO Overprovision policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st andrews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[st andrews university]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In April 2019, councillors on the Communities and Housing Services Committee voted to  implement the Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMO) Overprovision Policy within St Andrews, the aim of which was to prevent any increase in the number of HMOs in in the town, i.e. zero growth, with immediate effect. The Council now wishes to review &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/review-of-overprovision-policy-in-st-andrews-have-your-say/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Review of HMO Overprovision Policy in St Andrews &#8211; have your say!"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Invitation to communities to create Local Place Plans</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/invitation-to-communities-to-create-local-place-plans/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2022 11:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fife Local Development Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Local Place Plan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pife Council Planning Service]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council is preparing a new Local Development Plan and we want this to be informed by the views and aspirations of communities across Fife. The plan will replace the current plan approved in 2017 and will set out planning policies and proposals for the use and development of land across Fife. We aim to &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/invitation-to-communities-to-create-local-place-plans/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Invitation to communities to create Local Place Plans"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Plans to boost walking and cycling in St Andrews</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/plans-to-boost-walking-and-cycling-in-st-andrews/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2022 12:28:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Travel]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alistair MacLoed]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Transition St Andews]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[With support from Sustainable Transport Scotland, Sustrans, Transition St Andrews is drawing up plans to boost walking and cycling in the town, stressing they will “take the community with them” in their bid to transform how people get around the town. Transition St Andrews is made up members of the community and university focusing on &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/05/plans-to-boost-walking-and-cycling-in-st-andrews/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Plans to boost walking and cycling in St Andrews"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kilrymont Community Consultation</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/08/kilrymont-community-consultation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Aug 2021 13:05:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scotsman Developments]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Scotsman Developments Ltd has submitted a Proposal of Application Notice (PoAN) to Fife Council for a mixed-use development proposal at the former Madras College buildings and grounds at Kilrymont, St Andrews. Click here for more details. The company states that due to ongoing developments surrounding the COVID-19 virus and social-distancing measures, the team have elected &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2021/08/kilrymont-community-consultation/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Kilrymont Community Consultation"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council extends HMO consultation</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-extends-hmo-consultation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2019 22:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Because of the delay of more than a week in sending out the paper consultation forms to residents in St Andrews, Housing Services has extended the consultation period from the 23rd to the 28th February. The delay has been attributed to a franking machine breaking down. Residents had voiced concern that they were being unfairly &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-extends-hmo-consultation/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Council extends HMO consultation"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The HMO Consultation &#8211; could the result be manipulated?</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/hmo-consultation-could-the-result-be-manipulated/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2019 13:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Community]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMO]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Worrying evidence has emerged of the possibility that the the current consultation on limiting the numbers of HMOs in St Andrews is open to abuse. Forms have been sent to all households in St Andrews, one per household, including private and University student HMOs, but there seems to be nothing to stop a student from &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/hmo-consultation-could-the-result-be-manipulated/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "The HMO Consultation &#8211; could the result be manipulated?"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>St Andrews HMO consultation closes 28th February</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-opens-st-andrews-hmo-consultation/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2019 18:46:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fife Council]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HMO]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=987</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council is consulting on two options for regulating HMO numbers in St Andrews &#8211; a ‘3% increase in HMOs’ and a 0% increase (Community and Housing Services Committee’s current preference). A 3% increase may not seem much until you realise that it is 3% of St Andrews housing stock and not 3% of existing &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2019/02/council-opens-st-andrews-hmo-consultation/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "St Andrews HMO consultation closes 28th February"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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