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\u25b2 Parallel Workshop Architects\u2019 design features timber-look cladding, red brick and extensive landscaping.<\/p>\nA shortage of purpose-built student accommodation near one of Australia\u2019s largest universities is the backdrop for a revised planning application filed for an eight-storey building in Melboure\u2019s south-east.<\/p>\n
Revised plans were drawn up by Parallel Workshop Architects for ICD Property\u2019s site at 1494\u20131496 North Road, Clayton, 18km from the CBD and 230m from the Monash University Clayton campus.<\/p>\n
The \u00a0161-room proposal mirrors an earlier scheme approved by the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal in November 2021.<\/p>\n
That permit remains valid after a 2024 time extension, with development required to commence by November 2026 and reach completion by 2028.<\/p>\n
According to the latest application, the new submission has refined design and updated policy alignment rather than a fundamental change in scope.<\/p>\n
The plans detail three typologies in a mix of studio, single-bedroom and accessible configurations. A basement car park would offer 19 car spaces along with 112 bicycle bays, exceeding statutory requirements.<\/p>\n
Communal areas would total 316sq m of outdoor space and 201sq m of internal amenity, incorporating an indoor lounge, study rooms, laundry facilities, a rooftop terrace and outdoor barbecue areas.<\/p>\n
Student accommodation operators RoomingKos and Circle Student are in support of the scheme.<\/p>\n
\u25b2 Parallel Workshop Architects\u2019 design features timber-look cladding, red brick and extensive landscaping.<\/p>\n
The proposal targets a BESS score of 54 per cent, 83 per cent daylight compliance, 12.5kW of rooftop solar capacity, 40,000-litre rainwater storage and 23 new trees across the site.<\/p>\n
Previously occupied by a church and now cleared, the site is in a Residential Growth Zone and the Clayton Major Activity Centre, where higher-density development is encouraged under the Monash National Employment and Innovation Cluster framework.<\/p>\n
The North Road proposal is one of several student accommodation projects in the area, as Monash University\u2019s Clayton campus has 42,477 students competing for roughly 3000 on-campus beds.<\/p>\n
Monash appointed builder ADCO in February, 2026<\/a> to deliver a 252-bed, six-storey hybrid cross-laminated timber development on campus, designed by Jackson Clements Burrows and scheduled for completion in mid-2027.<\/p>\n Rockonus Group has also filed plans for a four-storey, 96-apartment project at 12-14 Marshall Avenue<\/a>, 400m from the university, with Parallel Workshop Architects also managing the project\u2019s design.<\/p>\n