£40 million student accommodation scheme approved in Leeds
Plans for the construction of £40 million accommodation on the former St Michael’s college building and old police depot site in Little Woodhouse have been approved by planning chiefs.
The scheme, by the Watkins Jones Group, will provide three new buildings comprising of student accommodation (320 bedspaces), key worker accommodation (259 units) and 61 open market apartments on land at St John’s Road and Belle Vue Road.
All existing buildings on the former police station depot and St Michael’s College site would be demolished except the original 1908 element of the college which would be retained and refurbished to form part of the proposed keyworker accommodation …