PLANS to build a first-floor extension to a Dunfermline restaurant to create a flat have been withdrawn.
As reported previously by the Press, planning permission was being sought by the owner of the Olive Tree restaurant in St Leonard's Street to form a one-bedroom flat.
However, this has now been withdrawn by applicant and restaurant owner Ferdous Saberi Oskooi.
A “large drop in trade” had been cited as the reason for wanting to close the restaurant when previous plans were submitted.
Mr Oskooi acquired the premises at St Leonard’s Street, formerly the Auld Toll Tavern, in 2008.
He opened Casa di Italia, the first Italian restaurant in Dunfermline, more than 30 years ago.
He followed that with Il Pescatore in Limekilns, then came the Pavarotie in Aberdour, La Caspiano and Ferdousio’s in Dalgety Bay, the Drift Inn in Aberdour and Hotel Roma in Halbeath.
It’s believed that a pub has been at the site since 1895.
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