Members of Dundee City Council’s licensing board will meet on Thursday to discuss changes which would allow Tony Macaroni to make off-sales from 15 Whitehall Street seven days a week from 10am to 10pm.

City planners have stated they cannot support the firm being granted the “major variation” because it does not currently have the authorisation to occupy the premises, where it opened a restaurant in 2017.

In an email seen by The Courier, a senior surveyor at the authority’s building standards department said it “cannot condone the continued illegal occupation” of the premises.

He said: “15 Whitehall Street, Dundee (Tony Macaroni) has no current authorisation to be occupied or used, under the Building (Scotland) Act.

“Consequently, building standards cannot condone the continued illegal occupation and use of these premises, or support this application.”

Toni Macaroni said it had agreed a temporary certificate of occupation to be granted by the council while a decision is made on works to a function room in the basement.

The firm stated there are “no issues with the day to day occupation or operation of the restaurant”.

A Dundee City Council spokesman confirmed talks are “continuing” and said an update will be provided to the licensing board.