Durham Uni to work with developer on Mount Oswald plans
The region’s leading university is considering building 1,000 student flats on a city golf course, it has revealed.
Durham University has agreed to work with developer Banks Property, with a view to buying and building on the north-east corner of the 93-acre Mount Oswald Golf Course, off South Road, Durham, as well as turning Mount Oswald Manor House into offices.
Professor Chris Higgins, the university’s vice-chancellor, said any new student accommodation would be part of its collegiate system and be a balanced academic community – with undergraduates, postgraduates, Fellows and senior academic staff …