2,000 bed Falmouth University student village planned at Treluswell site

This is the first image to be revealed of the controversial planned 2,000-bed development aimed at answering housing shortages at Cornwall’s only university.

The £170 million Penvose student village near Penryn, which would be larger than the nearest existing village, has run into a huge number of objections over issues including flooding, sewage and student safety, although alterations are now being made to address them.

An outline application for the site between Treluswell and Treliever roundabouts was expected to go to Cornwall Council’s main planning committee in April but has been postponed until at least September to deal with a number of outstanding issues. If built, it would have more residents than the nearest village, Ponsanooth, with a population of about 1,090 and almost as many as Mabe’s 2,500 …