Cafe relocation plan to Ayr's Burns Statue Square is given the green light

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A new cafe offering is coming to the former Post Office in Ayr’s Burns Statue Square.A planning application was previously submitted to South Ayrshire Council, seeking permission for a change of use to a vacant premises.The application relates to a unit at 29 Burns Statue Square; its last use being for a slush and dessert bar.Now the plan is to turn the site into a new cafe /gallery offering and the applicant is Mrs Deborah Sheehy, proprietor at The Honeybee and the Hare cafe, in nearby Smith Street.Mrs Sheehy required a change of use from Class 1 to a Class 3 premises in order to operate her new cafe proposal.

It is understood that the cafe on Smith Street will be relocated to the new site in Burns Statue Square.Mrs Sheehy said in her application: “I had a conversation to discuss whether planning permission was required for the property that I will be leasing in order to open it as a cafe gallery, and I was advised that, due to it being in a conservation area, this would be required.”The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.Council papers said: “The existing cafe is also an established business owned and operated by the applicant in a nearby unit at Smith Street, which is intended to be relocated to the application site.

As such, the proposal is considered to be appropriately sited within the defined periphery of Ayr town centre.“While the impact of the development