The following tables set out the position as at October 2020 regarding large purpose-built student residences (PBSAs) since 2012, all but one of which have been built since 2012. This is a constantly changing area and this table needs to be updated regularly.
The summary position is set out below, followed by a detailed list of each property.
Note that ‘apartments’ have been counted as 1 bed but may in fact have 2 or even more beds.
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Up and running at start of 2020/21 academic year |
4,369 beds |
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In the pipeline: |
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168 beds |
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850 beds |
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Total in the pipeline: |
1,018 beds |
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TOTAL ADDITIONAL BED SPACES CREATED OR APPROVED SINCE 2012: |
5,387 beds |
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Allocated in County Durham Plan Policy 16.2 as PBSA sites: |
2,100 to 3,200 beds |
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GRAND TOTAL: |
7,487 to 8,587 beds |
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Name / location |
Status: Up and running as at October 2020 |
Numbers |
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St Margaret’s Flats |
Built by St John’s College in 1994, sold on to Empiric Student Property and refurbished in 2017. |
109 bedrooms, in 22 flats in 5 blocks. |
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Elvet Studios (Green Lane) |
Opened September 2013. |
112 apartments |
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City Block (formerly The Village @ The Viaduct) (Ainsley Street) |
Opened October 2014. |
223 beds |
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Ward Court (Former Neville’s Cross Club) |
Opened autumn 2015. |
36 apartments |
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Chapel Heights (Gilesgate) |
Opened September 2016. |
198 beds |
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St Giles Studios (110 Gilesgate) |
Opened September 2016. |
109 beds |
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New Kepier Court (Mayorswell Close) |
Opened September 2017. |
214 rooms, a mixture of “cluster apartments and studios” |
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Ernest Place (Renny’s Lane) |
Opened August 2017. NB: This site is outside the Parish NP area. |
345 beds |
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Neville House / Sheraton House (Sheraton Park) |
Ustinov College relocated to here. Opened 2017. |
418 beds |
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Duresme House (previously Berendsen Laundry) (Nevilles Cross) |
Opened Autumn 2018. |
277 room student “eco village”. |
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Dunholm House (The Riverwalk) |
Opened Autumn 2018. |
253 beds |
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Rushford Court (formerly County Hospital) (North Road) |
Opened Autumn 2018. Managed by Unite Students. Became John Snow College for the Academic Year 2019/20. |
363 beds |
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Houghall Court (East Durham College’s Houghall campus) |
Opened September 2018. Managed by Unite Students |
222 beds |
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The Mint Studios (part of former Post Office) (33 Silver Street) |
Conversion approved to provide 7 self-contained apartments. Opened July 2019 but with only 6 apartments.
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6 apartments |
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The Greenwell Building (part of former Post Office) (Back Silver Street) |
Conversion approved to provide 11 self-contained apartments. Opened July 2019 with 11 apartments.
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11 apartments |
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Student Castle (Lower Claypath) |
Opened September 2019 |
473 beds (47 of these will be available on an aparthotel basis when not occupied by students.) |
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Durham University colleges (Mount Oswald) |
South College (496 beds) and John Snow College (deduced 504 beds), both opened in September 2020.
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1,000 beds |
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Total: |
4,369 beds |
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Name / location |
Status: In the pipeline, expected to open in the Academic year 2020/21 |
Numbers |
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The Three Tuns (New Elvet) |
Former hotel, planning application to increase the capacity from 50 to 168 beds approved June 2019. Under construction. |
168 beds |
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Name / location |
Status: In the pipeline with outline planning permission |
Numbers |
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Mount Oswald (Banks) |
Outline planning application approved in January 2018 for land adjacent to the University’s Mount Oswald colleges |
850 beds |
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Name / location |
Status: Proposed allocations |
Numbers |
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University Masterplan |
Six sites in County Durham Plan Policy 16.2:
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These ranges of capacity are according to the University’s response to the EiP Inspector’s Supplementary question 19 and amount to between 2,100 and 3,200 additional beds |
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Name / location |
Status: Refused |
Numbers |
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Kingslodge Hotel, Waddington Street |
Planning application DM/14/01418/OUT refused on 13 November 2014; refusal upheld on appeal |
60 beds |
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Off Framwelgate Peth |
Planning application DM/15/02129/FPA refused on 16 December 2016 |
69 beds |
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Holly Street |
Planning application DM/16/02537/FPA refused on 16 December 2016: refusal upheld on appeal |
60 beds |
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