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A rundown nightclub will be turned into high-quality student accommodation as part of Tottenham’s regeneration, councillors have agreed.

At a meeting of Haringey Council’s planning committee, proposals to demolish the building in Chesnut Road, currently used by the Opera House nightclub, and replace it with 64 student apartments were approved.

The building’s 19th Century Italianate façade will be restored in the redevelopment, with the new four-storey block built behind the historic frontage …

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Regeneration specialist St Modwen has signed a development agreement to deliver the first phase of Swansea University’s new £450m Science and Innovation Campus.

It has also been confirmed that St Modwen has completed the sale of income from the student accommodation to the M&G Secured Property Income Fund, advised by PRUPIM, for £32m.

The entire campus will be located on St. Modwen’s 65 acre Transit site …

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A developer plans to expand a contentious scheme for students flats in Egham Hill.

Danehurst Developments Ltd, formerly Ternion Ltd, wrote to residents earlier this month, advising them of its intention to acquire 57 and 59 Egham Hill to build accommodation for 91 students.

It is currently building 125 student flats at 61-71 Egham Hill – a development that was originally refused by Runnymede Borough Council’s planning committee in September 2010 …

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There are fears that plans to build more than 400 student flats in Chester will cause further problems.

Edinburgh-based Miller Developments want to build three canalside student accommodation blocks near Telford’s Warehouse. But residents in the Garden Quarter are worried their ‘vibrant community’ could be tipped over the edge.

There have been long-standing problems in the area with rowdy late night behaviour, rubbish and parking although action has been taken to address these issues over recent year …

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People in Aberystwyth got a first taste of the new student accommodation on Northgate Street after social landlord Cantref threw open its doors to the public.

Having sat empty for several years, the old Passport office was converted from open plan offices into 51 en-suite bedrooms, despite strong objections from neighbours.

Planning permission was initially refused by Ceredigion County Council after several residents questioned parking problems and noise impact. However, Cantref managed to win on appeal to the Welsh Government’s planning inspectorate in May 2012 …

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The proposal will see Morgan House, a former office building standing empty on Great Eastern Road, bulldozed to make way for a 27 storey block providing nearly student 650 bedrooms.

The landmark development connected to the Stratford Shopping Centre will also include a supermarket and smaller shops at ground level. The complex is expected to create 250 jobs.

Planners say the development will extend and strengthened the choice of shops at the shopping centre while students moving into the new block will help breathe new life into the site and provide a boost to the local economy …

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An eyesore spot on one of Preston’s busiest streets is to be handed a multi-million pound makeover.

A property developer has unveiled plans to build a huge block of student flats on a block of derelict shops on the corner of Friargate and Great Shaw Street, close to the city’s student village.

It wants to build a pair of modern shop units which could house a new supermarket with student flats on top following the demolition of the eyesore buildings …

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Councillors approved plans to demolish a high street parade and build a hotel, new shops and student housing.

The planning committee passed through the plans for the refurbishment of the 1920s former Royal Arsenal Co-operative Society (RACS) building in Upper Tooting Road, Tooting.

Four new shops, a hotel with 83 bedroom and 75 rooms for students will be created, while the art-deco façade of the RACS building, first built in 1923, will be restored …

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Opal Property Group, the Manchester-based student accommodation developer founded by Stuart Wall, has seen Ernst & Young appointed as administrators of the firms today to 13 of it’s subsidiary companies.

The remaining 54 Opal companies, which own nearly 30 properties between them, have not been affected.

The firm has a debt pile of almost £900 million, and it’s profits last year of £55.4 million were almost swallowed up by the debt servicing costs of £53 million …

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There has been a “dramatic decline” in the number of people studying part-time for degrees in England, a report says.

Numbers taking up part-time undergraduate degrees have fallen by 40% since 2010 – that is 105,000 fewer students.

And numbers starting such courses in September last year were down about 30% on the previous year …

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