St Andrews business to become flat to give ‘much needed’ accommodation in town

The ground floor dog grooming parlour on Argyle Street will soon “help to provide much needed residential accommodation within central St Andrews.”

That’s according to developers from KNB and KB Property Ltd. Its proposal to turn the existing dog grooming shop into a small single bedroom flat was approved by North East Fife planning committee councillors on Wednesday

“The proposal is to convert the business premises into a residential unit and in essence it’s quite small scale, single bedroom flat,” planning officers said.

Developers envision that the conversion will be suited for a single student or professional person in St Andrews.

“The modest size of the studio style accommodation will, by its nature, provide relatively affordable accommodation,” a planning statement explained.

The plans also include replacement windows and some slight touch up work to the outside of the building.

Some concerns were raised by the local community council about the size of the flat, but those concerns were dismissed. Councillor Jane Ann Liston (Lib-Dem for St Andrews) said: “I can see no reason that this shouldn’t go ahead.”

The conversion was unanimously approved.