Clark blocks student accommodation plan over heritage concerns – Newcastle-Under-Lyme
Communities secretary Greg Clark has refused permission for new student accommodation blocks and nearly 100 homes in Staffordshire, ruling that the benefits of the scheme are ‘insufficient to outweigh the irreversible and serious harm’ that would be caused to a conservation area.
Appellant Keele Seddon Ltd – a joint venture between the University of Keele and Seddon Homes –appealed after Newcastle-Under-Lyme Borough Council refused in December 2013 to grant full planning permission for the development of student accommodation blocks at Keele University Campus and residential development at The Hawthorns, Keele.
Keele Seddon also appealed against the council’s refusal to grant conservation area consent for the demolition of existing student accommodation blocks and management block at The Hawthorns …