{"id":358655,"date":"2025-08-20T05:37:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-20T05:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358655\/"},"modified":"2025-08-20T05:37:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-20T05:37:10","slug":"london-sees-surge-of-student-housing-approvals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/358655\/","title":{"rendered":"London sees surge of student housing approvals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>London has experienced a surge of student planning approvals in 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, proving cause for optimism, a report from planning and development consultancy Lichfields has found.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA) rooms in the pipeline are equivalent to 10,500 conventional homes \u2013 which should ease the burden on London\u2019s rental market.<\/p>\n<p>The capital has approved more than 26,000 student bedrooms since 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Hoban, associate director in Lichfields\u2019 London office, said: \u201cPurpose-built student accommodation plays a critical role in meeting housing need and supporting London\u2019s global education offer. The research identifies a healthy pipeline of schemes with approval which should translate into deliveries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgainst the poor backdrop for conventional housing in London, the provision of PBSA not only ensures London remains a leading destination for higher education but it could help deliver more affordable homes. It could be a win-win situation for London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lichfield praised the Greater London Authority\u2019s broad policy support for PBSA, as there is no set design-led planning framework and preferred locations vary between developers and operators.<\/p>\n<p>The study concluded that the current momentum needs to be maintained in the 2027 London Plan.<\/p>\n<p>Hoban added: \u201cThis is a real opportunity to bring forward the delivery of much-needed homes across the capital.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy maintaining a flexible approach in the next London Plan and continuing to champion well-designed PBSA, we can ensure more schemes continue to come forward, helping to meet both student demand and the wider housing needs of London.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Permissions for conventional housing in London stand at a 10-year low.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London has experienced a surge of student planning approvals in 2024 and the first quarter of 2025, proving&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7757],"tags":[748,393,4884,257,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-358655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-london","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-london","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115059480609369894","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}