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Luxury student flats Innovation House given the go ahead

Posted on - 11th February, 2017 - 7:00am | Author - | Posted in - Business, Housing, Preston News, Redevelopment, UCLan, University campus
A view of the Innovation House development
A view of the Innovation House development

This is how a new 200-bedroom block of student flats is to look on Moor Lane.

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Planning approval has been given for the multi-million pound scheme.

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Councillors voted in favour of approving the Ladson Group’s proposal for the former Powell’s biscuit factory land.

Innovation House is to have 218 bedrooms set over two four-storey buildings.

Read more: Student halls in Garstang Road due for approval

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The courtyard proposed between the two blocks of flats
The courtyard proposed between the two blocks of flats

And it shows the level of student accommodation now being amended with an on site gym being planned – as the building faces into Ashmoor Street and Sizer Street.

A view inside the proposed gym at Innovation House
A view inside the proposed gym at Innovation House

Ladson Group said the investment in the city’s Preston campus – with the University of Central Lancashire’s £200m masterplan – had been a big factor in choosing to invest in the new student flats.

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