Controversial multi-million pound plans for a massive Coventry University halls of residence at Belgrade Plaza have collapsed.
The university has pulled out of long-held plans for the new accommodation block for 500 students at the square around the Belgrade Theatre.
Planning permission was granted two years ago for the six-storey scheme, which was heralded by councillors as a major part of the city centre’s regeneration.
It got the go-ahead despite uproar from elderly residents living opposite in Bond’s Court and in nearby Bond’s Hospital - part of a conservation area.
A spokesman for developers Oakmoor Deeley said it was now in talks with another party – a private firm – to provide homes for students on the site.
But he conceded any future student building will now not be ready in time for the previously scheduled opening of Autumn this year.
Posted: Mon Jan 24, 2011 1:52 pm