Southampton £20m student accommodation scheme set for approval

Plans for building a £20m student accommodation complex on the site of a former Southampton bus depot could are likely to be approved in the near future, a recent news report has been able to reveal.

Orchard Homes is seeking permission to construct 260 purpose-build flats on the site of the former Portswood Bus Depot at the junction of Portswood Road and Belmont Road. The three buildings would range in size between three and six storeys and a "significant number" of the flats would be occupied by postgraduate students.

The plans have attracted more than 30 representations expressing concern about the scheme, according to a report set to go before Southampton City Council’s planning committee meeting on 27 October. However, planning officers, which said the proposed development would bring a long-term vacant, previously developed site back into active use, have recommended that the scheme be granted conditional approval.

"Given the accessibility of the site to the University of Southampton and Southampton Solent University, the provision of further purpose-built student accommodation in this location is consistent with the council’s adopted policies and would meet an identified accommodation need," the report said.

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