Appeal: Accommodating 150 students would not harm community balance
Plans to build a 150-bedroom student accommodation development in Chester have been allowed after an inspector dismissed the council's argument that more students would damage the balance of the community.
The appeal site occupies a “transitional zone” between an area of traditional high-density terraced houses, and the larger mixed-use buildings of Chester city centre. Of these, most prominent is Northgate Arena Leisure Centre, which would remain the largest building in the area notwithstanding the proposal.
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