Crosslane secures permission for 600-bed Coventry student scheme

Developers have secured planning permission for a 600-bed student accommodation scheme in Coventry.

Crosslane Student Developments, part of the Crosslane Group, will build the 583-bed purpose-built development on Friar’s Road.

It is the company’s first student accommodation scheme in Coventry and permission comes  after the group secured consent for a 117 bed purpose-built student accommodation development in Leeds earlier this month.

Completion of the Coventry scheme is due in time for the 2019/2020 academic year. Prime Student Living, the student accommodation lettings and operational management arm of Crosslane, will be responsible for achieving full occupancy prior to practical completion.

The cleared derelict site is located at the junction of Friar’s Road and St Patrick’s Road, within the city’s main ring road, just to the south of Coventry city centre and a short walk to Coventry University campus, the city’s main shopping centre and train station.

The 19-storey facility will comprise 140 studios and 443 en-suite cluster flats together with dedicated communal areas, including a common room, study room, gym, cinema and kitchen-dining room for entertaining as well as a private outdoor courtyard.

Crosslane has appointed DAY Architectural as the architects for the development.

Mike Moran, Development Manager, Crosslane Student Developments, said: “Crosslane is delighted to have secured planning consent for our first student accommodation development in Coventry following extensive engagement with the local planning authority on the design and a public consultation event that Crosslane hosted for local residents.

“The proposed scheme will act as a gateway from the station into the heart of the city centre. At 583 beds, the scheme will be a significant contribution to easing the supply/demand fundamentals which persist for purpose-built student accommodation in the city.”