New plans for Gateway Theatre: 155 Student Flats
A revised planning application for the Gateway Theatre building site, which sits behind Elm Row and Montgomery Street has been submitted this week. A previous plan, which had already been given planning consent, would have seen the Grade C listed theatre building demolished, and 42 flats and townhouses built on the site. The new plan proposes that 155 student flats are built on the site instead.
The planning laws that relate to student flats permit smaller units, and so although the number of dwellings has gone up considerably, the footprint, and the heights of the buildings hasn’t changed significantly from what was proposed before. Indeed, at first glance it looks as though the layout of the site is an improvement on what was proposed previously, and in many respects what is there now …