Leeds City Council has approved the redevelopment of Springfield House to deliver a 334-bed purpose built student accommodation scheme centred around the refurbishment and conversion of the Grade II Listed Springfield House.
The McLaren Property scheme will sit in mature landscaped grounds next to the University of Leeds campus.
Designers Cartwright Pickard Architects have placed the refurbished Springfield House at the heart of the scheme. The Grade II building will be the main entrance to the development and will house the wide range of amenity and support services for the purpose-built student accommodation, including a gym and wellness area, study spaces, games room and entertaining kitchen/dining spaces, both internally and in private courtyards.
The refurbished Springfield House will be complemented by two new wings which will provide 140 studios and 194 cluster bedrooms, benefiting from private landscaped courtyards, extensive communal amenity, cycle provision and study spaces.
McLaren Property’s regional managing director Tom Gilman comments: “We are really excited to bring forward this scheme and thrilled to have received support from Plans Panel members. We have worked diligently with our design team and Leeds City Council to ensure Springfield House will deliver best-in-class student accommodation, whilst sympathetically centre around the Grade ll listed building.
“The scheme is in a prime location situated adjacent to the University. We look forward to progressing to the construction phase and regenerating this site.”
