Kirklees Council approves bid for 504 new student flats in Huddersfield
The derelict site will see two 10-storey blocks built, although due to the level of the land it will appear as seven storeys when viewed from Manchester Road.
It will be 29m in height at its greatest – less than the 37m of neighbouring Kirklees College.
Clr Jean Calvert, Labour Ashbrow, raised concerns about the scale of the building and voted against the plan along with Golcar Lib Dem Clr Christine Iredale …