Plans to remove two cash machines from a Johnstone bank earmarked for closure have been blocked by elected members.
NatWest, owner of Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS), requested planning permission to extract the ATMs and night safe from its branch in Church Street, which is set to close on August 15.
However, despite officers recommending the application be granted, councillors felt doing so would prove “detrimental” to the economic life of the town centre and undermine aspects of the local development plan.
