A BID for a new Hawick restaurant and bar incorporating an outdoor seating area is on the agenda.

A planning bid has been submitted to Scottish Borders Council to convert the former premises of solicitors and estate agents Haddon & Turnbull, at 55 High Street, into a restaurant and bar at ground floor level and a restaurant on the first floor.

The proposal is to retain the existing offices on the second and third floor, with the basement to be used as a storage area.