Consideration should be given to provision and management of waste disposal facilities, that will ensure that waste is disposed of in accordance with the waste hierarchy set out in Policy EN 19, within the development at an early stage.
Developers will be required to demonstrate 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 all or some of the bedspaces.
Applicants/developers must demonstrate to the Council that their proposals for purpose built student accommodation are deliverable."
3.5. This document (Greater Manchester's spatial framework with the exception of Stockport) defers specific policies to each Borough Local Plan.
3.6. Policy JP H – 3 states that: “Housing provision to accommodate specific groups, such as students and travelling people, will be addressed through district local plans.”
3.7. Policy JP-P 5 states that: “Significant enhancements in education, skills and knowledge to benefit existing and new residents will be promoted,” including by “.....Continuing to help develop Greater Manchester as the UK’s best destination for students.”
3.8. The Manchester Student Strategy (2009) was developed via a partnership between MCC, the University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University, and the approach was agreed by the Executive. The Strategy provided an implementation plan with four key objectives:
Develop and improve neighbourhood management approaches in areas with concentrations of student households.
Provide better accommodation for students in appropriate locations (specifically PBSA).
Address the need for resident parking schemes in Ardwick and Hulme.
Take all available steps to prevent further encroachment of students lets into areas characterised by traditional family housing.
3.9. In November 2019, the Council's Executive Committee reviewed a report entitled Consideration of Policy H12: Purpose Built Student Accommodation Within the Changing Market Context. This report summarises recent changes in the student accommodation market and provides an updated context in which to consider proposals for PBSA on an interim basis in advance of a review of Core Strategy Policy H12 “Purpose Built Student Accommodation”, as part of an update of the Core Strategy. It responds to the changing context and would help to support the delivery of the regeneration objectives of MCC and its key partners. The report outlines a number of policy ideas for a revised approach to Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) and proposes an appropriate consultation process.
3.10. The report references that whilst Policy H12 remains relevant, market changes, which have seen higher numbers of numbers of second- and third-year students in particular living in the mainstream private rented sector in the city centre, dictate the need to review the interpretation and application of the Policy. The purpose of the review being to primarily respond to affordability challenges and the need to locate accommodation in close proximity to the higher education institutions.
3.11. The Committee Report refers to the publication of the Student Strategy, fears of an oversupply of PBSA were raised following the announcement in 2010 that tuition fees would rise. At the same time, following the global economic recession, developers / investors started to see PBSA as an attractive investable proposition in comparison to other types of development including mainstream residential and commercial.