Student flats plan go-ahead for Lancaster city centre site

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Updated plans for new student flats at a former engineering warehouse site in Lancaster have been given the green light.

Lancaster-based Eco Property Development Global Ltd can now fully develop the former J Wedlake and Son warehouse site in Wheatfield Street.

The plan includes new proposals for a partly three-storey and single-story building connected to the demolished and redeveloped warehouse.

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The planning application, which was partly retrospective, was approved according to council officers' recommendations by city councillors today, Monday.

Wheatfield Street in Lancaster. Photo: Google Street ViewWheatfield Street in Lancaster. Photo: Google Street View
Wheatfield Street in Lancaster. Photo: Google Street View

Work will now take place to carry out demolition work and construct a new three-storey building with 16 one-bedroom student studios and another building with eight one-bed student studios.

A single-storey building will then link between the front and rear buildings.

A previous plan last year by the developer raised some concerns about noise and dealing with potential land contamination at the old engineering site. However, these concerns had since been addressed.

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