NEW stairs will help create flats in the city centre.
Developers can install the enclosed stairwell at 53 Bedford Place in order to facilitate the conversion of the property's first and second floors into two flats.
These will comprise of one two-bedroom and one one-bedroom spaces as well as associated cycle and refuse storage.
It was approved by Southampton City Council on Thursday, May 17.
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