Tag: Student Flats

“Plans to transform an Ormskirk pub into student flats have been submitted to councillors.

The proposal to turn The Windmill Inn on Wigan Road into student accommodation has been put forward by McComb Property Company.

The scheme is set to provide 33 rooms within the existing building and a new block located on part of the bowling green at the back.

The design and access statement submitted with the application said: “The pub itself is no longer trading and the building is in a poor state of repair.

“The development includes the full refurbishment of the listed building, providing a long-term future for the property.

“Extensive landscaping will replace the majority of the bowling green and will enhance the street scenes of Windmill Avenue and Mill Street.”

All of the rooms will have access to one of three lounge areas and a private garden.

The existing toilet block will be demolished and replaced with a new extension and the yard will be replaced with a new secure cycle and refuse store. There will be limited car parking available.

The development has been designed to fit in with the existing street scene and period sash windows will be installed to match those in Wigan Road.

Recently several Ormskirk pubs have been the subject of student accommodation planning applications …

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“Construction work on student residences in Fort William and Inverness will begin in the next week following a £44 million agreement between University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) and developer Cityheart.

The deal will see the student residences specialist build and operate accommodation across the Highlands and Islands.

Work is due to start in the next week on a 40 bed residence in Fort William near West Highland College UHI and a 150 bed facility near Inverness College UHI on the new Inverness Campus. Both projects, valued at £10m in total, are due to be completed in time for new students arriving in September 2016.

A second phase, valued at £34m, will see Cityheart seeking additional suitable development sites throughout the university’s area with a view to providing a further 470 student beds by September 2017.

“This is fantastic news for our current and future students across the Highlands and Islands area,” said principal and vice-chancellor, Professor Clive Mulholland.

“Cityheart has a great track record of developing and managing student residences across the UK and we are pleased to have them working with us on the first of a number of projects across our region.

Our students are at the heart of everything we do and we are measured by their success. The provision of suitable accommodation is important in delivering a university with more satisfied and higher attaining students …

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“Glasgow Harbour has submitted plans for yet more student flats in Partick with proposals to erect 407 student rooms; including conversion of the B-listed Scotway House, a former drawing office for engineering and shipbuilding firm D&W Henderson.

This latter element will be converted to form a bar and restaurant, acting as a ‘gateway’ feature to the wider regeneration of brownfield land fronting the river.

Designed by ADF Architects the scheme would incorporate a 13 storey tower and low-rise block to form an entrance courtyard and enclosed private terrace and courtyard garden.

In their design statement ADF noted: “The simple language of Scotway House as an industrial building in a rustic brick with stone detailing has been referenced in the new structure, with crisp concrete detailing picking up the quoins and cornices in a contemporary industrial aesthetic.

“The immediate mass of the buildings has been reduced by treating the top two storeys in a metal cladding – referencing a traditional roof storey, set back from the brick face. A grand order of vertical windows co-join the wall and roof elements creating scale and depth.

“The tower becoming the dominant feature on the site is treated differently – it takes concrete as it main material rather than brick, but sits on a plinth which allows it to float above the base material.”

Landscaping will be carried out by Gillespies with a view to presenting a coherent frontage to Castlebank Street and the Clydeside Expressway …

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