Student housing plan for former eye hospital submitted to Plymouth council
A controversial plan to build student flats next door to the city’s century-old eye hospital has been submitted to the council.
Earlier this year developer Eagle One was granted permission to convert the hospital into residential properties and build another 50 flats next door for retired people.
But a lack of interest in the retirement option prompted a change of heart, and a fresh application has been submitted for 30 student flats …