300 Staffordshire University student flats to be built at former Irish club in Stoke
Students will be moving into 300 new flats if plans for an arson-hit former social club are approved.
Millhouse Securities wants to develop a five-storey building in North Street, Stoke, as Staffordshire University anticipates a rise in demand for accommodation. Now neighbours have welcomed plans to knock-down the ‘eyesore’ Irish Centre, which has become a magnet for vandals and fly-tippers since it closed seven years ago. Lee Bennett, aged 29, of Lewis Street, Stoke, said: “It is good to hear there are going to be some new flats being built in Stoke. “Nothing ever really happens around here and the council only seems to spend money on Hanley …