A former council cash office in Newbridge is set to be turned into flats after an appeal from Plaid Cymru ward councillor Lyn Ackerman.
Caerphilly County Borough Council’s Homes Task Group has backed the suggestion to turn 29 and 29a High Street into social housing use.
Bringing the old cash and repairs office back into use will cost £75,000, according to a recent council report.
The conversion and modernisation could be either one two bed and one one-bed flats or two two-bed accommodation.
Cllr Ackerman, who is Plaid Cymru’s candidate in Islwyn at next year’s UK General Election, said: “This is excellent news because it will bring back accommodation into use when so many people are on the council’s housing waiting list and it will also mean a prominent property in Newbridge is no longer lying idle.
“According to figures given to the task group, there are just two two-bed flats in Newbridge with a waiting list of 241 applicants and a typical turnover of just two flats a year.
“For one-bed flats there are 20 sheltered flats with 47 applicants and just three flats change hands every year.”
Under the plans the conversion works will be carried out in the next financial year, subject to approval by the planning and cabinet sub committee.