Plans to create five new homes from a disused clinic on the Ashburton Estate in West Putney have been announced.

The former William Harvey Clinic on Cortis Road has been empty since NHS Wandsworth relocated the service to the Queen Mary Hospital last year.

Now, Wandsworth Council plan to convert the space into two and three bedroom apartments which would be available for social rent.

The project would be funded through Wandsworth's Hidden Homes programme which turns empty or underused spaces on council estates into housing for local people.

Since the scheme started 170 new homes have been completed. Another 11 are currently under construction and plans for a further 50 are being developed.

the council's executive member for housing, Councillor Martin D Johnson, said: "Over the last seven years this scheme has helped us to make the best possible use of our housing estates.

"Once an underused space is identified we have the in-house expertise to develop a package of works to transform it into high quality accommodation.

"Because we already own these spaces, there are no land- or property-purchase costs involved, making the new homes extremely cost effective for the taxpayer."

To find out more about the council's hidden homes initiative visit wandsworth.gov.uk/hiddenhomes