A BID to convert part of the Adver’s old building in Victoria Road had been approved.

Chris James Construction will be allowed to convert part of the first and second floors of the Old Town building at number 99 – known as Newspaper House – into 19 flats.

The plans show nine single-bed flats and one two-bed apartment will be constructed on the first floor with six single and three two-bed flats on the second floor. A small part of the ground floor will be converted into an entrance lobby for the flats upstairs.