Green light for nearly 500 beds worth of student accommodation
Sama Investment Group has secured planning permission to build a 498-bed purpose-built student accommodation and an 85-bed care home on a brownfield site just east of Sheffield city centre.
Located on Maltravers Road, the site is near Sheffield Hallam University.
Sama’s two schemes for the hilltop site – named Parkhill Views – are set across a 1.7-hectare plot.
The first is a an 11-storey student block comprising 354 studio rooms and 144 cluster flats. Set further back and separated from the student accommodation will be a three-storey care home, with each development having its own dedicated access.
Bilal Ahmed, co-founder and chairman of Sama Investment Group, said: “This large, barren plot on Maltravers Road has long been an eyesore for locals.
Bilal Ahmed
“It’s tremendous that Sheffield City Council have backed our plans to transform the site with attractive schemes for a new care home and purpose-built student accommodation.
“By housing some of Sheffield’s 60,000 student population in large purpose-built facilities like Parkhill Views, we will help free up rental property in the city for other residents, which in turn will ease the housing crisis.”
Axis Architecture has worked with Sama on the purpose-built student accommodation scheme.
Once complete it will feature onsite facilities such as a sports area and gym, a cinema, a laundrette, and cycle storage.
Communal spaces will comprise gaming lounges, dining areas, a roof terrace and a first floor landscaped courtyard.
The three-storey care home has been designed by ADG Architects. The plot is set back from the road and the property will be surrounded by its own gardens. The care home will also contain a café, a hair salon, and a family room.
