Plans revealed for student village in city – Canterbury
Controversial plans for a new student village on Chaucer Fields in Canterbury went on display in St Stephen’s Community Centre at the weekend.
The University of Kent is planning to transform Chaucer Fields, close to the new Canterbury Innovation Centre and Chaucer College into a £60 million hub for student accommodation.
They want to build:
- Homes for 800 students with a mixture of flats and townhouses
- A 150-room hotel
- A conference centre with a lecture theatre for 200 people
- About 200 parking spaces
- Offices, laundry, shop and café …