Planning application
Walter Bower House Eden Campus Main Street Guardbridge St Andrews Fife KY16 0US
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Erection of laboratory facility, and associated works
As published by the council, reference 26/01443/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01443/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission
- Status
- Registered
- Received
- 22 May 2026
- Validated
- 25 Jun 2026
- Ward
- Tay Bridgehead
- Parish
- Guardbridge And District
- Postcode
- KY16 0US
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 May 2026
Received by Fife
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25 Jun 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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28 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 20 August 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 46 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
- Scottishbuildingwarrant: 26/01872/BW (Pending Consideration)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
44 documents on file for this application
- 23 - DESKTOP SURVEY PART 1
- 23 - DESKTOP SURVEY PART 2
- 23 - DESKTOP SURVEY PART 3
- 21A - NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- 22 - PDE CAPACITY REVIEW
- 20A - PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT
- PSAD
- 13A - GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT
- 21 - SUPERSEDED NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT
- BUILT HERITAGE
- LAND AND AIR QUALITY
- ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PUBLIC PROTECTION
- SCOTTISH WATER
- 14 - SUDS: APPENDIX 1 SELF CERTIFICATION
- 18 - APPENDIX 10
- 17 - FC APPENDIX 2 CERTIFICATE SIGNED
- 19 - APPENDIX 12 AECOM
- 15 - DRAINAGE MAINTENCE SCHEDULE
- 16 - PRE AND POST DEVELOPMENT OVERLAND FLOWS
- PSAD
- 09 - PLANNING STATEMENT
- LETTER ENCLOSING APPLICATION
- 12 - FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT
- 10 - ACOUSTIC STRATEGY REPORT
- 11 - DRAINAGE STRATEGY REPORT
- 08 - LOW CARBON CHECKLIST
- 02 - EXISTING AND PROPOSED SITE PLAN
- 03 - PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN
- 04 - PROPOSED ROOF PLAN
- 05 - PROPOSED ELEVATIONS
- 06 - PROPOSED SECTIONS
- 07 - DESIGN STATEMENT
- 13 - SUPERSEDED GEOTECHNICAL DESIGN ENVIRONMENTAL RISK ASSESSMENT REPORT
- 01 - LOCATION PLAN
- 20 - SUPERSEDED PRELIMINARY ECOLOGICAL APPRAISAL REPORT
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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 full applications in a median of 64 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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