AN EMPTY office in Newfound is set to be transformed into new homes after plans were approved by Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council.

Leamington Court Holdings Limited applied to the borough council for permission to turn the offices at Leamington Court, in Andover Road, Newfound, into nine flats.

The applicant proposed a mix of seven two-bedroom flats, one one-bedroom and one three-bedroom flat.

The construction of the development must be started within three years.