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Restaurant plan for former north-east bank

The former RBS Bank in High Street, Turriff. Picture by Colin Rennie.
The former RBS Bank in High Street, Turriff. Picture by Colin Rennie.

A former north-east bank which closed last summer could soon be turned into a restaurant.

The building has remained empty since the doors of the Royal Bank of Scotland on the High Street in Turriff were locked in June.

Now a developer is hoping to give the town centre a new lease of life by converting it into a restaurant.

Documents submitted to council planning chiefs show the vision for the proposed venture.

A supporting statement from Glasgow-based Bennett Developments and Consulting on behalf of its clients Sava Estates said the branch will become a “quality restaurant” with a small takeaway.

If approved the new eatery would feature an open plan kitchen with a large servery to the restaurant and the existing bank vaults would be used for storage and waste collection.

The documents also said the only change to the outside of the red stone building would be the installation of an extractor fan.

Opening hours would be from 10am to 11pm Sunday to Thursday and 10am to 12am on Fridays and Saturdays.

It is not yet known which type of cusine will on offer at the restaurant.

But the supporting statement said it would bring a “new dining experience” to Turriff.

It said: “The proposed development will introduce a new dining experience into the town and in the process see the successful recycling of this building.

“The restaurant will bring activity into the area and in the evenings and in the winter months the splay of light from the large windows will illuminate the footpath and contribute to the sense of wellbeing and safety so essential if the town centre is to be enjoyed.”

Royal Bank of Scotland chose to close the Turriff branch citing an increase in customers banking online rather than visiting the branch as the deciding factor.