Go-ahead for Sheffield student flats
Singapore-based developers have finally got the go-ahead for two towers of student flats alongside retirement apartments and a care home.
The 341-bed complex, next to Hyde Park flats, will be part of a development due to replace the Globe II Business Centre, off Maltravers Road, Wybourn.
Planning committee members granted the application despite the fears of Sheffield Hallam University that the city was being saturated with students flats, and it warning there were ‘many’ empty beds last year. The university also said there were more suitable locations …