The fate of a former bank building in the centre of Cumnock has been revealed at a meeting of East Ayrshire councillors.

The future of the empty Glaisnock Street property that was formerly home to the town's Royal Bank of Scotland was discussed during a meeting of East Ayrshire Council's cabinet last week.

A new report published by local authority officials looked at the future of buildings owned by the council in the area.

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As part of the discussion, it was pointed out that the council had hoped that the building would be occupied by now, had it not been for issues brought on by the pandemic.

Money was ploughed into the building to fix the deteriorating roof, with council bosses keen to avoid any further expenditure on the property before attempting to sell it.

Plans are in place to put the building on the market in its current condition, to see what kind of interest it attracts.

Speaking during the cabinet meeting on April 20, Councillor Jim McMahon said: “We’ve spent a considerable amount of money already on that round about the roof.

“We know that it still needs a wee bit of investment on the inside before we could go to market with it for anybody that could use it.

“Or would we leave it as is, and just market it as is?”

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Andrew Kennedy, the local authority's head of facilities and property, replied: “The option would be to market as is in the first instance to see what interest we could get.

“Obviously, we wouldn’t really be keen to put additional money into it.

“It may come to that point where you would be in a negotiated situation in terms of what else we would do to it, to allow for a sale."

Cllr McMahon added: “I think it’s important to note that for the RBS building, the spend on that was essential for the preservation of that building for that particular time.

“The expectation was that we were going to have occupants in there by now. Obviously, due to covid and the way covid has impacted on the way we work, that’s kind of fell through as well, so that’s the main reason that would be going to market."