Seven-storey student development proposed

A new seven-storey student accommodation development could be built on a site in Sheffield city centre if new plans get the green light.Yeme Architects, on behalf of Whirlow Capital Investment, has submitted an application to Sheffield City Council for a site on Hodgson Street.Planning permission is sought for the demolition of the existing residential premises on the site and construction of a new seven-storey student accommodation scheme.The proposed development would comprise 77 student bedrooms. The majority of the units would be self-contained studio rooms with two duplexes also created.Communal facilities, including a work hub and games room, would be provided together with roof top landscaping, parking for seven cars and a bicycle store.A design and access statement submitted as part of the application said the scheme would help to “catalyse the regeneration of the south -ern end of city centre, through the intensification of quality student residential accommodation”.Planning permission was previously granted in 2006 for a six-storey development comprising ground floor commercial space and 39 flats.