UK & Ireland

Plans to increase the size of an already-approved student accommodation complex in Terryland – to include a total of 257 bedrooms – have been lodged with Galway City Council.

Working with architect TP Bennett, Dominus aims to bring life to the junction of Old Wynd Street and Osborne Street. A design document submitted with their proposal states: “It will provide high quality student accommodation totalling 211 rooms with an outward-facing amenity space at ground and first floor to create active frontages and a vibrant sense of place along Old Wynd and Osborne Street.”

Sama Investments has submitted a planning application for a 238-bed student scheme on the former Goods Yard, as part of a phased redevelopment of The Arcadian Centre.

Unite Students starts the next stage of its 719-bed Stratford property after signing build contract. Work is starting on the construction phase of Hawthorne House, which is replacing a former office block, with total development costs estimated at £185million. The 36-storey building will be ready for the 2026/27 academic year.

The way has been paved for more student accommodation in Castletroy following the approval of a planning application. Planners this week gave permission to change the use of floors six, seven, eight, and nine of the Travelodge from office to student accommodation.

A £40m plan to demolish Newcastle’s old Barker and Stonehouse store and replace it with student flats has been lodged with council bosses.

The London School of Economics has appointed development partners to replace its Bankside House residence next to Tate Modern with new accommodation for 2,000 students.

Plans for two huge student accommodation towers in Nottingham city centre have been revealed. Code Students (Nottingham) wants to build the 19- and 27-storey scheme on land surrounded by Glasshouse Street and Cairns Street on the northern edge of the city centre.

Plans have been submitted to build a five to seven-storey student accommodation development in the west end of Glasgow.

The scheme will see a brownfield site at the junction of Vincents Walk and Pound Tree Road in Southampton turned into a 13-storey block for students at the city's two universities.