Multi-coloured Kingston student flats plan given go ahead
Plans to build 115 student rooms and teaching space at a former petrol staton and garage in Penrhyn Road were approved last night.
The proposals, from real estate company Amro, went through Kingston Council’s development control committee last night on chairman Councillor Vicki Harris’ deciding vote.
A plan for 116 rooms with shops below had been rejected by councillors last year, but revised designs including multi-coloured bricks and fewer bedrooms persuaded the committee …