Judicial review threat over Durham student flats plan
Residents angry at a council’s decision to approve plans to build more than 200 student flats have threatened to pursue a judicial review.
A Durham County Council committee granted developer Connislow planning permission to build 223 student bedrooms in four blocks on the former Fred Henderson garage, on Ainsley Street, Durham City, last December.
The scheme was approved unanimously, despite residents’ concerns over noise and anti-social behaviour and claims the scheme would make the area into a student …