Plans for 422 student flats recommended for approval

How the scheme will look

Plans to build a 421-bed student accommodation block on a prominent Nottingham city centre site have been recommended for approval by the council.

Hydrogen York Street wants to develop the York House site on Mansfield Road into a student block that will include a mixture of studio flats and cluster bedrooms between four and ten storeys high.

The former York House office building site was cleared in 2014 in anticipation of the extension of the Intu Victoria Centre. This plot no longer forms part of Intu’s development plans. The site was sold by intu in November last year, with reports at the time suggesting Sports Direct was the buyer.

The building will be dedicated to housing students attending Nottingham’s universities. In addition to student bedrooms and studios there will be amenity areas on the lower levels of the building including communal lounge areas, café-style spaces, meeting rooms and an on-site gym.

A statement accompanying the plans, reads: “The York Place proposals aim to regenerate a prominent vacant site, re-establish an important street edge, recreate active street frontages to Mansfield Road, provide an appropriate neighbour to the Rose of England pub, maximise the use of this important site, and provide a high quality environment for the city’s students.”

The scheme is being designed by Franklin Ellis architects. It will be voted on by Nottingham City Council’s Planning Committee next Wednesday (20 March).

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