New student flats planned for Cardiff
Plans to build almost 280 student flats on a plot of vacant land in Roath will go before Cardiff Council’s planning committee next week.
LG Urban Developments is seeking full planning permission to redevelop land on Oxford Street to create a four-storey student accommodation complex with 279 bedrooms.
The plans describe the development as “upmarket student accommodation” tailored to international and postgraduate students.
The four-storey development would be arranged in a “courtyard formation” with residential blocks on the outside and a central amenity area …