Appendix B – PBSA Policy Review
| Area | Wording | Other detail in policy | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leeds | b) Development proposals for purpose built student accommodation will be controlled: i. To help extend the supply of student accommodation taking pressure off the need for private housing to be used, ii. To avoid the loss of existing housing suitable for family occupation, iii. To avoid excessive concentrations of student accommodation (in a single development or in combination with existing accommodation) which would undermine the balance and wellbeing of communities, iv. To avoid locations which are not easily accessible to the universities by foot or public transport or which would generate excessive footfall through residential areas which may lead to detrimental impacts on residential amenity; v. The proposed accommodation provides satisfactory internal living accommodation in terms of daylight, outlook and juxtaposition of living rooms and bedrooms. | The City’s universities and specialist colleges are an important part of the Leeds economy, but significant growth in student numbers in the past has led to high concentrations of student housing in areas of Headingly, Hyde Park and Woodhouse. This generated concerns about loss of amenity to long term residents as well as wider concerns about the loss of housing suitable for families. | Empres |
| Policy H6 | No a | ||
| Growth in this accommodation is to be welcomed in order to meet need and to deflect pressure away from private rented houses in areas of over-concentration. Nevertheless, care is needed to ensure that purpose built accommodation does not itself become over-concentrated and is located with good access to the universities. | Some | ||
| The preferred locations for purpose built accommodation have been informed by a range of factors including accessibility and convenience for users, regeneration potential, relationship with surrounding neighbourhoods and uses, compatibility with Town Centre policies and any relevant site or area development strategy, suitability/safeguarding of areas or sites for alternative beneficial uses, viability considerations and views generated through consultation processes. | No exce | ||
| The evidence of ‘need’ for additional student accommodation should include, but not be limited to, capacity | area | ||
| Nottingham | Purpose built student accommodation of an appropriate scale and design will be encouraged in the following locations, subject to developers demonstrating that there is a need for additional student accommodation or that they have entered into a formal agreement with a University or another provider of Higher Education for the supply of bedspaces created by the development: a) allocated sites where student accommodation use accords with site specific Development Principles; b) University campuses; c) within the City Centre boundary (as shown on the Policies Map), subject to accordance with site and area specific policies, including relevant ‘Quarter Policies’ but excluding the areas of predominantly family housing; d) above shopping and commercial frontages within defined Town, District and Local Centres, and within other shopping and commercial frontages on main transport routes where this assists in the regeneration of underused | Bro criter Not Hou (2021) | Policy HO5 |