A bid for a new takeaway in Edinburgh city centre has been given the green light despite previously being refused by the council — after a change to planning rules allowed developers to get around an "out of date" policy designed to protect retail units.
A former Amplifon hearing aid centre on the West End's Shandwick Place is now set to be converted to sell fast food, although the new operator is not yet known.
Planners at Edinburgh City Council threw the application out in September but councillors overturned that decision this week.
