THE FORMER Post Office in Dalgety Bay is to be reinvented – as a new cafe-bistro.

Fife Council has given the go-head to Super Beautiful Day Limited, based in Edinburgh, after they submitted a planning application to change the use of a unit at the Bay Centre, owned by Tesco – into a cafe-bistro.

The owners have indicated that seating capacity of 28 will be in place and they will offer a limited takeaway menu.

It's expected that the business will operate seven days a week with opening hours of between noon and 4pm, and then for early evening trade between 5pm and 10pm.

This would be subject to demand and reduced opening hours will occur if necessary.

The postmaster at the Regents Way branch resigned in March 2019 and its services were moved into the RS McColl store just two units away, four months later.

The Post Office premises has remained vacant since its closure, with very little interest from anyone in taking it over, but a new offering is on the menu having been given the stamp of approval by the council.

Planning offers approved the application. A report said: "The proposal is considered to be compatible with its surrounds in terms of land use; would not cause any significant detrimental impacts on the amenity of the surrounding area and would also have no significant detrimental visual impact on the site or the surrounding area."