UK & Ireland

Watkin Jones secured planning permission earlier this week from the Bristol City Council Development Committee for a new PBSA scheme on Malago Road in Bedminster, Bristol.

While Australia, Canada, and the UK are tightening policy settings around international students, Ireland has been quietly working to position itself as a destination...

Plans have been submitted for a new block of student flats in Edinburgh with office space at ground floor level. If successful, the block will add to the existing 270 student beds which were unveiled near Murano Place in 2016. Unite Group Plc, which owns the development, is behind new proposals to expand the site.

Plans are in place for a renovation project in Birmingham, which involves renovating a historic building and constructing a new 14-story residence at 34 Horse Fair.

Linden Hill - Capital Assets - SPW is seeking full planning permission for the conversion and extension of Maple House, 150 Corporation Street, a 1960s five-storey office building with retail use on the ground floor. A total of 383 bed spaces would be provided, including a mix of cluster spaces and studios.

A shop and car showroom located at 185-187 Dundee Street and 4/5 Dundee Terrace will now be demolished and replaced with a six-storey block containing 206 beds, providing a mix of 52 ensuites and 154 studios.

Host Student Housing Ltd is set to begin work on a 447-bed purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) scheme in central Bristol. It is being backed by a global insurance institutional investor with a £85m forward funding deal.

A multi-storey Leeds PBSA city centre development could house 700 students, if planning permission is granted. An existing office block would be replaced to facilitate the new accommodation.

Property developer MRP has shared a first glimpse of its plans to develop 200 Renfield Street. It was a former Glasgow newspaper office site that hosted the Herald/Glasgow Times. The company purchased the 53,000 sq ft office building back in 2021.

The recently released results of INTO’s annual University Partnerships’ Global Agent Survey highlight some subtle but important shifts in terms of international student study...