Neil Tague
Plans for a 10-storey building accommodating 214 student bedspaces at the University of Cumbria’s Lancaster campus have been approved at the second time of asking.
The plans were included in the university’s three-part estate redevelopment plan that was due to considered by Lancaster City Council’s planning committee at the beginning of March, but were deferred over drainage issues.
Later that month, the council approved two of the three proposals – a 92-bedroom extra care scheme and a 13-bedroom supported living development to replace several vacant buildings at the southern end of the Bowerham Road campus near the junction of Coulston Road and Golgotha Road.
Development plans for University of Cumbria s Lancaster campus put on hold over eleventh-hour concerns about water drainage
Controversial plans for major redevelopment at the University of Cumbria s Lancaster campus have been deferred after concerns were raised about drainage on the site.
Tuesday, 2nd March 2021, 2:51 pm
The plans went before Lancaster City Council s planning committee today, Monday March 1, and were split into three main elements: Demolition of buildings and erection of a new four-storey extra care residential building overlooking Coulston Road, and the conversion of Barbon Hall and Hornby Hall into affordable residential apartments. Demolition of the existing 10 storey tower and other buildings and erection of an eight, nine and 10 storey building with a bigger footprint including residential student accommodation in cluster flat arrangements