Green light for 354-bed student scheme

Developer Watkin Jones has received planning permission for a 354 student home development in Nottingham.

Designed by ECE Westworks, the scheme will include 271 cluster beds alongside 83 studios. The scheme will also include social lounges, a gym and study space.

Located on Lower Parliament Street, the design will include the potential for a 1,000 sq ft ground floor commercial space to be used by a local independent business. Situated on a former Nottingham City Council car park, the development will deliver 48 new underground spaces back to the council for public use.

Alex Pease, chief investment officer of Watkin Jones, said: “We’re thrilled to be able to press on and start creating this development, which will deliver new, highly sustainable homes for the city’s growing student population. Nottingham’s universities are increasingly popular, and their success offers a huge economic boost, but this also brings challenges to local housing that schemes like ours significantly reduce.”