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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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					<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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					<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alnany Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Campaign for adffordable student housing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HMO Overprovision policy]]></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>Response to covid &#8220;a failure of duty of care&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/response-to-covid-a-failure-of-duty-of-care/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2020 20:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Councillor Altany Craik]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[In response to pressure from local businesses and a campaign led by BID (Business Improvement District) St Andrews, Fife Council  have abandoned some of the public health measures introduced in the town centre in recent days, measures designed to enable compliance with Scottish Government Covid-19 physical distancing guidance. Only days after the installation of barriers &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/response-to-covid-a-failure-of-duty-of-care/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Response to covid &#8220;a failure of duty of care&#8221;"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Covid-19: Council caves in to BID pressure</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/covid-19-council-caves-in-to-bid-pressure/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 15:12:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[David Middleton]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Louise Fraser]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Olver]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=2859</guid>

					<description><![CDATA[Fife Council appears ready to abandon measures introduced  in St Andrews town centre to enable compliance with Scottish Government physical distancing  guidance in response to pressure from local businesses, following a campaign led by BID St Andrews. Following the introduction of measures to enable physical  distancing with Sustrans Spaces for People money, Fife Council has bowed  &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/10/covid-19-council-caves-in-to-bid-pressure/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Covid-19: Council caves in to BID pressure"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Covid-19, St Andrews and concern for personal safety</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/covid-19-st-andrews-and-concern-for-personal-safety/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2020 11:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eric Milne Fisher and Donaldson]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Tourism St Andrews chair, Debbie MacCallum, feels that not enough has been done to ensure the safety of visitors and residents and has called on the local authority to make improvements now. “St Andrews is really busy,” she said. “The problem is that the town doesn’t have any social distancing guidelines. I hope something will &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/covid-19-st-andrews-and-concern-for-personal-safety/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Covid-19, St Andrews and concern for personal safety"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>CSARA clarifies its views on a post Lock-down St Andrews.</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/csara-clarifies-its-views-on-a-post-lock-down-st-andrews/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2020 14:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The Fife Council proposals now made public that are intended to assist social distancing in a post-lockdown St Andrews contain elements which the Confederation of St Andrews residents&#8217; Associations (CSARA) did not propose. Our focus has always been on short term measures which would deal with the current Covid -19 emergency and make the town &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2020/07/csara-clarifies-its-views-on-a-post-lock-down-st-andrews/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "CSARA clarifies its views on a post Lock-down St Andrews."</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[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cockshaugh Park]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">https://standrewsqv.org.uk/?p=2563</guid>

					<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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