Plans for student digs on hospital site are rejected – Durham
Plans for an eight-storey block of student apartments, which opponents said would be the tallest building in Durham other than its famous cathedral, have been rejected.
Developers Peveril Securities had applied for planning permission to create privately-run accommodation for almost 400 students on the site of the former County Hospital, in Durham.
However, members of Durham County Council’s County Planning Committee this afternoon (Tuesday, July 29) voted unanimously to refuse the application …