Plans in for major Belfast student accommodation scheme
Plans have been submitted to build a 340-bed student accommodation development in Belfast. The project, which also comprises retail and office space, involves demolishing buildings on the capital’s Queen Street, College Street and Wellington Place with a 14-storey scheme earmarked to replace them.
The proposal submitted on behalf of the Watkin Jones Group and Lacuna Developments is in regard to properties at 29 Wellington Place, 24-30 College Street and 41-49 Queen Street.
Buildings at the addresses would be demolished with the façade of each retained and in their place a new development would be built comprising a mix of five, seven and 14 storeys at the various frontages.
The accommodation element of the project would be made up of 340 units; 93 individual studios and 247 en suite study bedrooms.
According to a design and access statement submitted as part of the proposal the size and quality of the rooms would “put this development at the higher end of the student letting market, meaning it would be marketed towards second and third year students and postgraduates …