Plans unveiled for £40million Coventry shopping complex and student village

Telegraph readers have reacted to the news a new high-rise student block will become the tallest building in Coventry.

Plans to build a 20-storey student village on redundant land at Belgrade Plaza have been approved by councillors, with Coun Jim O’Boyle saying: New York has got the Empire State building, London has got the Shard – Coventry will have a student block as its tallest building.

Planning committee members yesterday voted unanimously for the £40million scheme for shops and student accommodation off Bond Street and Hill Street …

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