Flats plan approved for former 'Green Cockatoo' restaurant in Kirkcaldy town centre
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Developer, Jack Anderson, from Balfron, lodged a planning application with Fife Council to breathe new life into 275 High Street which has now been given full planning permission.
The property above the Cafe Continental has been empty for a number of years. It was originally classed as a restaurant, but, in 1999, an application was made to turn it into four one-bedroom flats.
The current proposal cuts the number of homes to three.
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In a supporting statement with the application, it reveals the property was last used as an eaterie when it was the iconic ‘Green Cockatoo’ Restaurant and Tea Rooms - a very popular and highly regarded establishment in Kirkcaldy which stopped trading in the 1980s.
The statement said: “The full property was subsequently purchased by a developer. That part of the building which faced on to the High Street was converted to three no. residential flats; the rear extended area was refurbished and converted into a wine bar and restaurant (currently trading as the Café Continental). It is the applicant’s proposal to convert that part of the remaining
structure, accessed from the High Street via an existing stone spiral staircase to three no. residential flats.”
Derek Simpson, for head of planning services, Fife Council, approved the plans with certain conditions which included particular designs for the windows, details of crowstep stones to be reinstated or replaced and other conditions for the rooflights and upgrading of the floors to ensure the character and appearance of the listed building, the conservation area and visual amenity of the area is preserved.
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Hide AdHe added: “The development is acceptable in terms of the relevant provisions of the development plan, being those relating to the principle of development, design/visual impact/built heritage, transportation infrastructure and residential amenity. Overall, it is considered that the development accords with the development plan and that there are no relevant material considerations of sufficient weight to indicate that the development plan should not be accorded the priority which the statute has given to it.”
The information in this story came from a public notice published in this newspaper. You can read more public notices in our classified section today.