Caro Developments has received planning consent for a 227-studio apartment-PBSA scheme on Lawson Street in Preston city centre.
The Falconer Chester Hall-designed development includes a gym, games room, lobby, cycle storage, cinema and a landscaped rooftop garden for residents use.
The scheme sits just south of the main UCLAN campus in Preston and will be operated by the developer’s student living brand Caro Student Living.
Neil Carlyle, managing director of Liverpool-based Caro Developments, said: “In a post-pandemic world students want their homes to contribute to how they study, to their leisure time and, as important, to their health and wellbeing. We’ve sought to address these needs head-on and these will be the only homes of their type in the city.
“Without carefully thought-out developments like this which support students’ wellbeing Preston risks losing out if its offer fails to keep pace with the market. The planning committee recognised this, and I am delighted with their decision. Preston is going through the gears and it’s a good time to invest in the city. We’re actively looking for more sites of this type, here and in other mid-sized conurbations that have perhaps been overlooked in recent times.”
Project architect Robert Brym, associate director at Falconer Chester Hall, added: “We have designed more than 7,000 student bed-spaces across the UK and so took the brief in our stride. This was always about quality and performance, not numbers, and we are pleased to have designed such a well-received scheme.”
Zerum acted as planning consultants for the project, with LDA Design advising on landscape.
