Durham to deliberate 232-bed PBSA
The site is currently a one-acre, 100-space private car park that serves the neighbouring University Hospital of North Durham, although Clegram Holdings has its eye on turning the site into a four-five storey block that would support the nearby university.
Originally, Quod submitted plans detailing a 318-bed scheme, which has been reduced down in the latest plans submitted by NW Architects.
TPM Landscape was appointed on the design of the central courtyard and garden areas.
The development, which is recommended for approval at Durham’s planning meeting this week, would be managed by Homes for Students and would consist of 139 studio apartments, three accessible studios, and clusters of rooms with shared living space providing the remaining 90 beds.
Each cluster would have between five-seven rooms per communal lounge.
The basement level would provide the bin and bike storage areas, and a small car park would allow for deliveries and student drop-offs and pick-ups.
Designs show communal areas on the ground floor to accommodate the every-day needs of the modern student, such as study rooms, a games area, a cinema, gym, sauna, and private dining area, and an enclosed roof terrace is also planned for the southern block.
As well as the hospital, the site is surrounded by a care home, post graduate accommodation blocks, and residential developments.
My wife gave birth 6 weeks ago at the hospital and these extra parking spaces were crucial. Especially with complications meaning I would be parked up for a number of hours, if not all day. Either way, the hospital is in dire need of extra visitor parking spaces. For context, go and stand at the round about in the picture at 2pm on a weekday.
By Anonymous