Year: 2013

Plans have been announced for what would be one of Durham’s biggest private student accommodation schemes.

Student landlord Bill Free Homes and developer Connislow want to build a four-storey block on a derelict plot off Renny’s Lane, near the Tesco Extra Dragonville store, in Durham City.

The development would house 350 students, putting it among the largest in the city not linked to any Durham University college.
The rooms would be marketed primarily at international postgraduate students. Many would be “premium” accommodation, with en suite facilities …

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A scheme to build student housing near Port Meadow on Roger Dudman Way has been withdrawn.

An application to construct nine student study rooms on three floors was submitted to Oxford City Council by Oxford businessman Tariq Khuja.

It followed the Castle Mill scheme to build student accommodation on the edge of Port Meadow, earlier approved by Oxford Council, which is now being legally challenged by campaigners after widespread opposition …

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Work at the Appleton Point student accommodation site in Bradford is progressing well.

Appleton Point will be comprised of 160 self-contained studio apartments, approximately 20m² and will feature an en-suite shower room and a kitchenette.

The development will have an excellent range of on-site facilities, including a gym, cinema room, games/television room, study rooms, I.T. suite, and a laundry facility …

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A huge complex housing students, elderly people and families is planned for a 14-acre college site used to care for farm animals in the heart of Ewell.

North East Surrey College of Technology (Nescot) wants to build six blocks with 500 bedrooms for students over 18 and 100 bedrooms for students as young as 16.

Opposite would be a retirement care village with about 120 units for independent pensioners through to elderly people who require assistance and care and 79 three and four bedroom terrace and semi-detached homes including six available under the affordable housing scheme …

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Investors in student accommodation are turning their attention towards mainland Europe because the Continent is ripe for a boom in overseas student numbers.

A report by Savills, the estate agents, predicts that low tuition fees and living costs will draw increasing numbers of international students to the mainland, creating a major investment opportunity for accommodation providers.

Countries such as the Netherlands are hoping to attract more overseas students – who are likely to want purpose-built accommodation – by offering more courses in English, Savills argues …

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Controversial plans to build student accommodation on Bangor High Street have been revived.

Llangefni developers Hughes Bros Ltd have submitted plans for 109 student living units across four buildings on the old Jewson site.

Welsh Government officials last year dismissed the developer’s appeal against Gwynedd Council’s refusal of their application to build 162 units on the site …

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Developers in the UK looking to enter the lucrative student accommodation market will face significant additional costs in the coming year due to new levy, it is claimed.

The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is due to replace the infrastructure element of Section 106 over the coming 12 months and when the changes take effect, developers could have to pay significantly higher public contributions, according to a report from CBRE.

CIL is not fixed at a national rate, but is being set locally by each Local Authority …

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Permission to build more students flats on Egham Hill was granted by borough planning chiefs – despite their opposition to the plan’s first phase three years ago.

Danehurst Developments Ltd will demolish numbers 57, 59 and 61 Egham Hill to build university accommodation next door to where the company is already building more than 100 bedrooms in The Pad.

This will result in 216 student flats in total …

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Nottingham city centre has seen a huge rise in student accommodation over the last two years.

What brought this about, and what does it mean for the future economic prosperity of the city? …

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Students are travelling more than most commuters to get to university and spending ‘millions’ on transport as rising house prices push them further and further away from campus.

Nearly four in five students make a 22-mile round trip to attend lectures and tutorials – further than the typical commute, which the most recent figures show to be 8.9 miles.

The average student who lives off campus spends around £600 a year travelling to and from university with those travelling 40 miles or more spend £100 a month …

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