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 information was part of the evidence base used in the preparation of the Neighbourhood Plan. Since 2020 the numbers have changed and the current position may be found here, on the Durham City Info website.
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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