A new multi-million-pound student village at Staffordshire University has been granted planning permission.

The plans were discussed by Stoke-on-Trent City Council today (20 March) and they will now be considering by the University's Board of Governors.

The plans for the new Student Village, on the University's Leek Road site, detail the construction of more than 700 new student rooms, plus the refurbishment of the Clarice Cliff Court accommodation which currently houses just under 300 students.

734 existing flats on the Leek Road campus will be demolished and replaced with 715 new ones (Nub News).

A village 'hub' facility would also be built as part of the development, enhancing the vibrancy of the student experience with an events and wellbeing space, individual and group study areas and multi-activity spaces, as well as a rooftop terrace with an outdoor seating area.

The hub and village would be linked to the Leek Road campus via a new pedestrian bridge and boardwalk.

A new car parking area would be developed on the former Squires View site to the east of the University's campus to service the village and wider University campus.

The hub and village will be linked to the Leek Road campus via a new pedestrian bridge and boardwalk (Corstorphine & Wright).

Professor Martin Jones, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Executive at Staffordshire University, said: "We are very pleased that the development has the support of Stoke-on-Trent City Council, and it will certainly work with other developments like The Goods Yard to create a vibrant area in which to live, work and study.

"The proposal we submitted reflect our ambition to completely transform the student experience at the University and provide more high-quality accommodation with enhanced service provisions and student social spaces."

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