Manchester council approves proposals for over 5,000 new student beds

Upper Brook Street 8

Plans by Sheppard Robson, Hawkins Brown and Simpson Haugh given the OK after decisions were deferred last month

Manchester council has given the green light to three major student residential schemes and more than 500,000sq ft of life sciences space.

Two applications designed by Sheppard Robson were among those apporved by councillors late last week, including the firm’s £400m plans to redevelop the University of Manchester’s Fallowfield campus.

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