Planning application
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Works: Extension
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Conservation and adaptive reuse of the former Madras College building to create a new academic college (Class 10 Non-residential institutions), including restoration works to listed buildings, enclosure of quadrangle, extension of listed building, public realm improvements, landscaping, and associated works (Non-Material Variation to Various changes proposed in line with discussions with Fife Council officers to planning permission 25/01897/FULL)
As published by the council, reference 25/01897/NMV1
Application record
- Reference
- 25/01897/NMV1
- Type
- Non-Material Variation
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 7 Sep 2026
- Validated
- 9 Sep 2026
- Ward
- St. Andrews
- Parish
- Royal Burgh Of St Andrews
- Postcode
- KY16 9EJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Fife register
This site has had 15 applications since 2021: 7 approved, 0 refused.
-
25/01897/CND005 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscape Works
-
25/01897/CND018 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 18 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscape Works
-
25/01897/CND006 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscaping Works Payment Reference :- Pay later by Card
-
25/01897/CND014 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 14 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Birds Survey
-
25/01897/CND003 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 3 from Planning Permission 25/01897/FULL - Dilapidation Survey
-
25/01897/CND004 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 25/01897/FULL - Road Cleaning
-
25/01897/CND007 Awaiting decision
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - a scheme designed to mitigate the effects on sensitive premises/areas (i.e neighbouring properties and highway) of dust, noise and vibration from the construction of the proposed development
-
25/01897/CND008 Awaiting decision
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 8 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
-
25/01897/CND002 Awaiting decision
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
-
25/01898/CND001 Awaiting decision
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Timeline
Dates from the published record
-
7 Sep 2026
Received by Fife
-
9 Sep 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
-
16 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
-
Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 4 November 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Fife took a median of 44 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Montagu Evans LLP Agent, registered in London
Active · incorporated 2005 · London
1,074 applications on PlanIndex · across 120 councils · 98% granted
Trade members see everything this firm has filed, how it was decided, and get an email the day it files again.
See their track recordDocuments
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
18 documents on file for this application
A planning file usually holds the application form, drawings and site plans, consultee responses, the officer's report and the decision notice.
Trade members open them from here.
Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Fife for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Fife decided condition discharge and variation applications in a median of 36 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About condition discharge and variation applications
This application deals with conditions on an existing permission, supplying the details a condition requires or asking to vary or remove one, without reopening the permission itself. More in our guide to planning application types.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
-
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
99% historically approved · decision due ~27 Mar
Compliance with Condition 7 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - a scheme designed to mitigate the effects on sensitive premises/areas (i.e neighbouring properties and highway) of dust, noise and vibration from the construction of the proposed development
Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs -
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
99% historically approved · decision due ~27 Mar
Compliance with Condition 8 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Awaiting decision Conditions 2 docs -
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
99% historically approved · decision due ~27 Mar
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Awaiting decision Conditions 3 docs -
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
99% historically approved · decision due ~27 Mar
Compliance with Condition 1 of planning permission - secure the implementation of a programme of archaeological work
Awaiting decision Conditions 2 docs -
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
99% historically approved · decision due ~27 Mar
Compliance with Condition 1 of Planning Permission 25/01897/FULL- Contamination
Awaiting decision Conditions 8 docs -
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 4 of Planning Permission 25/01897/FULL - Road Cleaning
Granted Conditions 5 docs
Other condition discharge and variation applications
In Fife
-
26/00775/CND002 Granted
East Thorne Cottage Pattiesmuir Rosyth Fife KY11 3ES
Compliance with Condition 2 of planning permission 26/00775/FULL - Mortar Mix/Recessed Pointing
-
26/01069/ARC Granted
Hillside School 3 Main Street Aberdour Burntisland Fife KY3 0RH
Approval of matters specified in conditions 2 (c) , 2 (d, e and f in part), 3 (a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j and m in part), 4 in part, 5 (b, c, m and n in part) of planning permission in principle 24/01423/PPP for the construction of educational buildings, residential blocks, workshop/business units (Class 4) with associated landscaping, open space, MUGA, access, drainage and other infrastructure.
-
25/01897/CND005 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 5 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscape Works
-
25/01897/CND018 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 18 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscape Works
-
25/01897/CND006 Granted
Madras College South Street St Andrews Fife KY16 9EJ
Compliance with Condition 6 of planning permission 25/01897/FULL - Landscaping Works Payment Reference :- Pay later by Card