Go-ahead for 671-bed LSE student residence in Great Suffolk Street – London
A 10-storey development of student accommodation on Great Suffolk Street – likely to be run by the London School of Economics – has been given the green light by Southwark Council’s planning committee.
Last year Q Developments obtained planning permission for a development of 173 flats designed by Conran & Partners on the site bounded by Great Suffolk Street, Pocock Street, Sawyer Street and the London Fire Brigade’s football pitch.
The residential scheme, known as Moonraker Place, “is now unbuildable … for reasons of viability,” Q Developments’ Jim Thomas told the planning committee on Tuesday night. …