14-floor student accommodation given green light – Ipswich
The 14-storey building, which was unanimously approved by planning members yesterday, will sit off Star Lane on land currently occupied by a temporary car park …
Portland House to be converted into student flats – Exeter
Exeter’s Portland House, the landmark building on the corner of Longbrook Street and New North Road, is to be transformed into apartments for 148 students.
Approved by the city’s planning committee, the accommodation will sit atop a cafe/restaurant and a shop which is likely to be a convenience store …
Green light for student flats to replace city pub – Sheffield
Councillors have approved plans for 59 new flats on the edge of a Sheffield council estate – despite residents’ complaints that they do not want more students living in their community.
Developers were yesterday given planning permission to erect a new building on the site of the old Devonshire Arms pub on Ecclesall Road, just in front of the Hanover estate in Broomhall …
Aspley pub The New Wharf could become student flats – Huddersfield
A pub could be turned into student flats. The New Wharf on the corner of Firth Street and Wakefield Road was sold by Enterprise Inns in March. But work is already taking place to strip it out.
Marshalls builders in Elland are carrying out the work. John Marshall said: “The idea is going to be to turn it into student accommodation with a fast-food outlet on the ground floor and accommodation above.” …
University of Edinburgh to bed in new student flats
Proposals for a new 252-bed student residence at the University of Edinburgh on Holyrood Road have been revealed. The block, on the corner of Viewcraig Gardens, would house postgraduate students. It is next to the university’s St Leonard’s Land building, which houses sports and teaching facilities.
The project is the first phase of the university’s large-scale redevelopment of the area around Moray House. It was given outline planning permission for the whole scheme in January after modifying its plans to accommodate the concerns of local groups …
Much more building work needed for London students
Drivers Jonas Deloitte’s third annual crane survey of student accommodation in London records a near doubling in construction activity, with more than 7,700 bedspaces in progress. But the capital now supports a record number of full time students – up 6% cent on last year to 283,500. So the gulf between the number of students and the supply of purpose-built bedspaces continues to widen, despite the sharp increase in construction. As a result, rents continue to rise …
Universities invite private college to step into their ‘back office’
The UK’s only for-profit university college is in talks about running the “back-office” functions of publicly funded universities.
BPP University College, which offers its own degrees in business, law and finance, has been approached by “several” institutions about the possibility of running services such as IT support, estate management and procurement.A spokeswoman for the private provider, whose parent company is the US for-profit giant Apollo Group, said discussions with three of the universities about the move were “serious”, although the development was still at the early stages …
Student flats set to go ahead despite concern – Leicester
Plans to build an accommodation complex for more than 200 students look set to be approved next week. Launch Padz Developments wants to build three blocks of flats on the site of a former storage firm in Brookland Road, off Welford Road, in Leicester. Members of Leicester City Council’s development control committee will discuss the scheme on Tuesday.
Planning officers have recommended it should be approved …
Student accommodation refurbishment – York
As well as laying the foundations for a brand new 650 bed Langwith College on Heslington East, this summer sees the start of a phased refurbishment of student accommodation across Heslington West. An investment of over £2 million is being made to upgrade kitchens, bedrooms and living areas. In total around 770 bedrooms in Derwent, Halifax and St Lawrence will be remodelled.
The new designs and furniture have been chosen in consultation with students and college Provosts, proving comfortable sleeping and study areas with storage and washing facilities …
Luxury Chester city centre student housing plan – Chester
Up to 150 students will be living in city centre apartments alongside an NHS super clinic and council offices if a £20m scheme goes ahead.
Watkin Jones is hoping to resurrect the credit-crunched project in Delamere Street which was originally for apartments, shops, offices, cafes, restaurants and bars …