North Queensferry: Plans to turn Albert Hotel into four flats
PLANS to turn an historic hotel and pub in North Queensferry into four flats are expected to receive "overwhelming opposition" from angry locals. Agents acting for building owner Kenny Waugh say the Albert Hotel on Main Street is “unviable” in its current state and argue that refurbishing and converting it into homes will secure the category C building's future. His Edinburgh-based firm, Festival Inns SAAS, have applied to Fife Council for a change of use of the premises, once a favourite of local author Iain Banks, which closed at the end of 2017 after nearly 200 years of operating...