Plans to turn a former Broughty Ferry bank into a cocktail bar have been knocked-back for a second time.

An application to transform the former Royal Bank of Scotland building on Brook Street was first refused by council officers earlier this year.

The bank shut in November 2023, with RBS blaming a reduction in footfall.

Under the cocktail bar proposals, the premises would have been named The Vault, offering “a wide range of bespoke cocktails, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic”.

Graham Bradley, who owns Dundee’s Craigie Bar, is behind the plans.

However, council officers refused permission for the development saying it did not conform with Dundee’s local development plan. This is the framework which guides development across Dundee up to 2029.

Bradley subsequently lodged an appeal aga

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