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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[Airbnb]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Confederation of St Andrews Resident's Associations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Consultation]]></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>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>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>
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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>Residents&#8217; Association Slams Planning Application for St Andrews Bar</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/04/residents-association-slams-planning-application-for-st-andrews-bar/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 22:02:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Molly Malones]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Molly Malones is located in the basement of a residential building at 5 Alexandra Place, at its junction with Market St. According to a local residents’ association, there are serious flaws and unresolved safety issues in a planning application to create an outdoor drinking area at Molly Malones Bar to be considered at Wednesday’s NE &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/04/residents-association-slams-planning-application-for-st-andrews-bar/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Residents&#8217; Association Slams Planning Application for St Andrews Bar"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Plans submitted for Craigtoun Hospital development</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/01/plans-submitted-for-craigtoun-hospital-development/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2023 09:39:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The B listed former Craigtoun Maternity Hospital in St Andrews, which closed 30 years ago and has lain empty ever since, could be transformed into luxury flats if plans submitted by Greystone Estates (Dundee) Ltd are approved. Greystone Estates, who bought the house in 2021 from the The Kholer Company, want to build 16 new flats &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/01/plans-submitted-for-craigtoun-hospital-development/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Plans submitted for Craigtoun Hospital development"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Council undertakes consultation on South St layout</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2023/01/3782/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2023 12:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Click here to go to the consultation]]></description>
		
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		<title>Architects appointed to design St Andrews University&#8217;s New College</title>
		<link>http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/architects-appointed-to-design-st-andrews-universitys-new-college/</link>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[St Andrews Q.V.]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2022 20:10:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Madras College South St site]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[The University of St Andrews has appointed award winning architects WilkinsonEyre to produce designs for its flagship New College project on the site of the distinctive Madras College school in the historic centre of St Andrews. The former secondary school building and grounds on South Street were acquired from Fife Council by the University in &#8230; <br /><br /><a href="http://standrewsqv.org.uk/2022/12/architects-appointed-to-design-st-andrews-universitys-new-college/" class="more-link">Read more<span class="screen-reader-text"> "Architects appointed to design St Andrews University&#8217;s New College"</span></a>]]></description>
		
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