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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.

The planning of 1400 new beds for student accommodation in the South East is underway. That's according to a response in the Dail last night to questions by TD Jennifer Murnane O'Connor on the future of student housing in the region.

The plans will see three interconnected buildings added to the existing site providing around 280,000 sq ft of new space. UEL’s campus expansion will include a landmark 16-storey student accommodation block.