UK & Ireland

Full plans have been lodged to built an eight-storey student flat development on the site of a former Dundee nightclub. A cinema room, gym, study areas and bike storage are included in the student flats proposals.

Purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) provider UPP and sustainable architectural practice Architype have recently announced that they are working together to help sustainably transform university campuses.

Revised plans have been submitted for a major student accommodation scheme on an industrial site occupied by a forging and machined parts manufacturer in Coventry. SAMA Investments Ltd has brought forward fresh proposals to redevelop a site at Charterhouse Road.

A new development by real estate company Dominus which will help solve the student housing crisis in Manchester has been given the green light by Manchester City Council’s Planning and Highways Committee.

The proposed creation of a student accommodation block within Newcastle's Helix innovation district looks set to progress after being recommended for approval.

A pre-application notice has been submitted to the council detailing plans for the vacant building at 140 Causewayside to be bulldozed and replaced with a block of student flats. Building firm Balfour Beatty has said the site in question is an established student location near the University of Edinburgh and the King's Buildings campus, with a mix of studio and cluster apartments proposed.

Plans for urban regeneration specialist Vita Group’s new PBSA concept, House of Social have been given the green light by Manchester City Council following a committee meeting on Thursday 1 June.

Maccreanor Lavington has unveiled plans for two residential towers in north west London as part of the £1bn Old Oak Common regeneration scheme.

Sainsbury's has confirmed an Ilford branch will be closing with submitted plans to convert it into flats and student accommodation. The supermarket on Roden Street, in the town centre, is set to be closed following possible development plans to provide 837 homes and 447 student accommodation rooms.

Preston City Council planning officers have recommended that councillors give the go-ahead to the scheme. More than 200 student flats are set to be built on part of Preston's former divisional police headquarters.