Year: 2012

Plans to build hundreds of postgraduate student flats and bedsits have been approved.

The University of Oxford has been given planning permission to build 312 flats and bedsits over four and five-storeys at unused former railway land near the station.

It will be an extension to student accommodation at Castle Mill, in Roger Dudman Way, Oxford, and includes 208 study rooms, 90 one-bedroom flats, 14 two-bedroom flats, 360 cycle bays and three car parking spaces. It is phase two of a scheme that will provide a total of 436 graduate student units …

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A long-delayed plan to build student flats where a famous Plymouth church once stood remains a reality, according to the company behind the scheme.

Fed-up residents in Lipson are demanding action over the rubbish-strewn site, where St Augustine’s Church stood for more than a century.

The huge and imposing church was torn down in 2001, and the land sold to a property developer by the Exeter Diocese …

But over six years after Pemberley Developments first submitted plans for a six-storey student tower, locals say the prominent plot in Alexandra Road remains a vacant, overgrown magnet for fly-tippers, late-night drinking and other anti-social behaviour …

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A private company that specialises in long-term multi-million pound deals to build and run student facilities has extended its reach in the sector with a new £57.2 million contract with Nottingham Trent University.

The deal with University Partnerships Programme – which has been partly backed by a £46 million bank loan from Royal Bank of Scotland – will create new sports and social provision for the institution, including a gym, music venue, retail space and health centre.

The facility will also provide bespoke accommodation for the university’s students union in addition to 911 new rooms …

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Preston-based contractor Marcus Worthington & Co has begun work on a £4.5m student accommodation scheme in Preston.

The development on Walker Street at the heart of thecity’s student quarter, adjacent to the University of Central Lancashirecentral campus, will comprise 174 units.

It is being delivered for Cosmopolitan Student Homes, the specialist student accommodation arm of Cosmopolitan Housing.

The development will provide first class facilities for Preston students. Double bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms will come as standard with spacious shared lounge and kitchen areas featuring modern built-in kitchen appliances …

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Construction of the second phase of Cambridge’s station area development has begun.

Hill Residential is building 169 flats as part of the cb1 scheme – 19 in Spillers Mill, once fire damage from 2009 is repaired – and the rest in four residential blocks up to seven storeys tall.

The apartments will be accompanied by shops and restaurants, plus public open space and artwork, including an interactive sound sculpture by musician and artist Jem Finer called Supercomputer, which celebrates Cambridge’s role in the history of computing and the creation of a new city home for Microsoft elsewhere in cb1 …

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A second attempt to build student accommodation on the former site of the Angel Cottage in Stratford has been met with fierce resistance.

The 181-year-old Grade II listed building in Windmill Lane was illegally torn down in 2007, sparking outrage.

It was one of the last remnants of Stratford’s previous guise as a rural retreat …

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Hatfield Student Accommodation Ltd was refused planning permission in August by Welwyn Hatfield Council due to issues with parking, chalk mining beneath the site and the design being out of character with the area.

The developer planned to build five colourful blocks, with just 12 parking spaces on land at College Lane, Hatfield.

A five-day appeal took place in December and January, with planning inspector Bob Lyons releasing his decision this week …

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Proposals to develop a 160-bedroom student housing development adjacent to the East Sands beach in St Andrews have come under public scrutiny at a consultation exhibition.

Townspeople were invited to see the project submitted to Fife Council by Alumno Developments Ltd to deliver the purpose-built student accommodation and a new nursery facility at the Wonder Years Nursery site on the sea front.

The plans are for the new nursery, together with three blocks of student accommodation with a high-quality build requirement, using environmentally sustainable materials making the best use of the surrounding landscape, coastal position and context …

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Plans to regenerate the area of Circus Street in Brighton were approved by Brighton and Hove City Council‘s cabinet last week.

The University of Brighton is developing part of the Faculty of Arts campus to provide additional accommodation for 400 students and a new university library in collaboration with Cathedral Group. The site will also include a dance studio, offices and shops.

The site includes the faculty’s existing annexe building in Circus Street, former wholesale fruit and vegetable market in Kingswood Street and NCP car park on Carlton Hill …

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A decision on plans to build 249 student flats on an empty patch of land at Mynachdy Road, Gabalfa, was deferred for a site visit …

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