Year: 2015

Plans to house more than 50 students at the heart of Durham are facing mounting opposition.

3R Land and Property and Q Student want to build a six-storey accommodation block for 56 students just off the city’s Market Place.

The 13.5m-high building would comprise 13 “cluster” flats and five studio flats plus communal facilities, built on a 400sq metre plot to the rear of 21 Market Place, between the Market Hall and Leonard’s coffee house and fronting onto Back Silver Street. The land is currently vacant except for some garages …

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The former Astoria Cinema could be demolished and replaced with more than 70 flats and office space under new proposals.

Plans have been submitted for the demolition of the historic cinema in Gloucester Place, Brighton, for a new building up to seven storeys high.

The new building would have room for 73 new flats ranging between one and four bedrooms as well as 310 square metres of commercial space which could be used for offices or shops …

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Plans for extravagant student housing in Bootle have been revealed – featuring an outdoor abseiling wall and an infinity pool on the roof.

Developers have bought Daniel House, a 1950’s office block on Stanley Road, and have ambitious plans to convert it to 156 student apartments with a rooftop bar.

Signature Living, who are behind the project, have released their plans for the 100,000sq ft site after buying the building in January …

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A block of flats in Derby will be demolished and replaced with multi-million-pound student digs if a planning application is successful.

The plans have had a mixed reaction from people living in the area around Nuns Street, where there is already a high student population.

The current two-storey flats, Burleigh Court and Haddon Court, would be replaced by a building on five levels that would contain about 125 flats …

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Balfour Beatty and Oberlanders Architects have submitted plans for a mixed use development comprising retail and student accommodation on Kennedy Street, Glasgow.

Situated in Townhead, a light industrial area to the north of the city centre, the site is earmarked for 525 bedspaces arranged around a landscaped courtyard.

In their design statement Oberlanders noted: “The proposed development form sees a four storey streetscape along the majority of Kennedy Street. A strong linear retail frontage sits beneath three storeys of residential accommodation. An elevated end-stop defines the courtyard entrance …

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Ardmuir Group has secured a £40.6m refinancing deal with RBS to support its future growth.

The Aberdeen provider of student accommodation supports five different student developments in the North East, providing accommodation for more than 700 undergraduates at Robert Gordon and Aberdeen Universities. The business also owns a number of hotel investments in Scotland let to Premier Inn and Travellodge.

The renewal of the existing facility is designed to support the company’s ongoing business activities …

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Another Cambridge community is fighting against plans for a major site of student flats.

A development of some 321 flats is in the pipeline on Newmarket Road and Cheddars Lane, opposite Cambridge retail park.

The proposals would stretch to four storeys at their highest point – towering over the two-storey residential properties nearby …

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A Preston city centre plot of land which has stood empty for years is to get a multi-million pound facelift.

The large site in Fylde Road is set to become the home of a modern student accommodation complex.

Although planning permission was granted back in 2011, the land has new owners who plan to spend £13m on a prestigious student development. They are sticking to the original design …

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A new completion date has been set for a £52 million development of flats to house almost 900 people off Ecclesall Road – three years since the scheme was given the go-ahead.

Manor Mill student village is set to be built on the derelict former Gordon Lamb car dealership, near Waitrose at the corner of Napier Street and Summerfield Street, featuring 175 flats, cafes, restaurants and a riverside walk.

The site has lain dormant since planning agreements were signed off in 2012 …

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Crosslane Student Developments, part of the Crosslane Group, said the development on a vacant site on Lutton Place, off South Clerk Street, is valued at £30.7 million.

The development will offer en-suite accommodation in cluster flats for between three and six people, as well as luxury studio accommodation for individuals and couples.

Work is expected to begin immediately and is expected to complete in time for the 2017 academic year …

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