{"id":7172,"date":"2025-08-12T07:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7172"},"modified":"2025-08-12T07:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T07:46:53","slug":"70m-bristol-student-job-finally-gets-gateway-2-approval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/70m-bristol-student-job-finally-gets-gateway-2-approval\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00a370m Bristol student job finally gets Gateway 2 approval"},"content":{"rendered":"

Student developer Unite has finally secured Gateway 2 approval on its planned 500-bed Freestone Island development scheme in the Temple Meads area of Bristol.<\/p>\n

The \u00a373m project scheme has been caught up in the Building Safety Regulator logjam for nearly a year.<\/p>\n

A Unite spokesman said: “It\u2019s been a long journey to get here, so we\u2019re very pleased to finally have approval to move forward.”<\/p>\n

Approval means builder RG Group can soon start construction of the delayed student project, located close to Unite’s\u00a0 600-bed Marsh Mills site, on Feeder Road.<\/p>\n

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The new development will provide 4,500 sq ft of affordable workspace and will be BREEAM Excellent with EPC Ratings of A across the scheme.<\/p>\n

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Unite also revealed it has progressed through planning on a 511-bed student accommodation property in south London.<\/p>\n

The firm said taking into account Gateway clearance time it hoped The Kennington Lane development in Lambeth would open in time for the start of the 2029\/30 academic year.<\/p>\n

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The 19,000sq m scheme will replace a Jewsons builders’ merchant in Kennington with a 16-storey main building and adjacent lower rise blocks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The mixed-use scheme, designed by AHMM architects, will also include community and light industrial space.<\/p>\n

Unite Students\u2019 development pipeline now stands at 10,000 beds for delivery over the next five years, with a total planned investment of \u00a31.9 billion.<\/p>\n

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Tom Brewerton, Group Development Director, at Unite Students, said:\u201cThis is an exciting new development for us as it\u2019s our first in Lambeth, a prime Zone 1 location.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith a record development pipeline, we\u2019re working hard to meet the demand for modern, affordable and safe student accommodation across England, Scotland and Wales.\u201d<\/p>\n

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