A former Isle of Wight High Street plumbing supplies shop will become flats.
After nearly three years, the Isle of Wight council has approved plans to turn the ex-City Plumbing Store, on Ryde High Street, into five apartments – two one-bed and three two-bed dwellings.
They will be built in the existing building and the shop fronts will replaced.
A condition of the planning permission means work must start within the next three years.
IWC: ‘Tired’ appearance
Isle of Wight council officers said the proposals will improve the overall appearance of the building, which is ‘currently tired’ and ‘in need of refurbishment’.
Southampton-based company Questmap, which owns the building, is behind the development plans.
It had struggled to find a commercial tenant to lease the shop front, since the plumbing supply store relocated.
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