PLANS to turn two old pub / hotels in Bowhill and Cowdenbeath into houses of multiple occupation (HMO) have been withdrawn.
Asif Hussain, of King Enterprises, had sought planning permission from Fife Council to change the use of the Queens Hotel and the Woodside Hotel.
For the former, on Derran Drive in Bowhill, the proposals were to convert the 10 hotel rooms into an HMO.
This would have seen three bedrooms on the ground floor, four on the first floor and another three on the second floor.
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The application for the Woodside, on Broad Street in Cowdenbeath, aimed to turn the first floor into an HMO, with nine bedrooms, two bathrooms, toilets and a kitchen.
Mr Hussain - who also owns The Kings pub in Kelty - was given consent in 2022 for a similar plan in the village, at the old Lindsay Tavern on Main Street.
The council's website describes an HMO as a house or flat occupied by three or more unrelated persons who share one or more basic amenity with each other, such as a toilet, personal washing facilities and a kitchen.
It added: "The term can apply to hostels, shared flats, bedsits, student halls of residence and supported accommodation.
"A licence is required for this type of accommodation."
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