New plans for huge student tower block unveiled

2:15pm Wednesday 13th March 2013 in News

New plans for huge student tower block unveiled New plans for huge student tower block unveiled

CONTROVERSIAL PLANS to build a huge tower block of student flats in Southampton city centre will be on show tonight.

Bouygues Development want to build a development featuring a 20-storey tower in Charlotte Place, which would accommodate 154 student flats.

Following opposition from nearby residents, the developer has amended its initial plans, and the revised blueprints will be shown at an exhibition at the Newtown Youth Centre.

The French firm originally handed in its application in October, but has been scaled back its initial proposals in the face of local opposition.

As well as the student flats there would be 581sq m of space for businesses, restaurants, health centres and leisure use on the ground floor.

It would have associated parking and communal facilities, while a new pedestrian walkway from Charlotte Place to Compton Walk would also be created.

Seventy-four objections had been made to the plans by members of the public ahead of tonight's exhibition at the youth centre in Graham Road.

The exhibition will last from 6-8pm.

Pat O'Dell, from the Charlotte Place Campaign Group, said: “This is probably the last chance you will have to raise any objection to them, or to ask any questions.

“If you are really concerned about your neighbourhood and the quality of life for yourselves, your families and their future then be involved.”

The city council will decide on the plans later this year.

Comments(9)

st1halo says...
3:33pm Wed 13 Mar 13

I have no opinion on whether this is the right thing for this particular area but FINALLY this site is going to be developed. It has been vacant and derelict for over 50 years. With all the talk of lack of housing and shortage of land over the years, this should have been developed long long ago.

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arthur dalyrimple says...
4:20pm Wed 13 Mar 13

get it built ,anythings better than that empty site.

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sotonboy84 says...
4:51pm Wed 13 Mar 13

With such a shortage of housing in the city, I would have thought that was more important that building more student accommodation. There are already two new student developments, one in Commercial Road being built and one in Brunswick Place recently submitting their plans.

But then of course they'll get the go ahead, no matter what the locals say. I wish them all the best but they won't win if SSC can make money out of it. I wonder if the land is being sold for a quarter of its market value, just like the land the mosque behind it's built on?!!

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kingnotail says...
5:13pm Wed 13 Mar 13

Huge? Hardly. The area is already a dump so how could it make it any worse?

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Roy S says...
5:30pm Wed 13 Mar 13

Before building any more student accomadation, that we have should be used more efficiently, there is a tower block in Wessex Lane that is shrouded in scaffold. this needs to be pressed into service first.

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bigfella777 says...
5:31pm Wed 13 Mar 13

It frightens me to think what will happen when there is a fire in there and students are 20 storeys up.

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kingnotail says...
5:34pm Wed 13 Mar 13

bigfella777 wrote:
It frightens me to think what will happen when there is a fire in there and students are 20 storeys up.
What a bizarre comment. You could say that about any high-rise accommodation!

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loosehead says...
9:33pm Wed 13 Mar 13

Build more of these get it into a student village stop all HMO's & free up those family sized houses to be used for just that Family homes.
The objectors about this proposal were all landlords of HMO's & pokey bedsits so tough give the students a safe & good place to live

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Fatty x Ford Worker says...
8:32pm Thu 14 Mar 13

Oh bloody hell whats up for me 18 houses eastern europeans then pays big dosh ha ha !

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