Scheme for 182 student flats approved – Middlesbrough

A five storey block of 182 student flats is planned for a central Middlesbrough site.

Cliff Court Developments has received planning approval for the scheme, which is proposed for the old Douglas House site on Marton Road.

The site, where the old Marton Road School used to stand, has been the subject of planning applications in the past, with a controversial 120-flat scheme – dubbed a “monstrous carbuncle” by one councillor and opposed by several people living nearby – kicked out by councillors in 2005 …

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