A new 16-storey block on Oxford Road, Bournemouth to provide purpose-built student accommodation.

The Skyline building provides 430 student bedrooms in a mix of studios and clusters, management suite, common room, gym, study rooms and a sky lounge with external roof terrace and views over the New Forest to the Isle of Wight. The project includes all associated external works and drainage.

Although the site was purchased with an outline planning consent for student accommodation, which was granted following an appeal, the consented scheme had to be adapted to suit the client’s preferred layout and mix of accommodation.

The desire for the accommodation to be available in time for the new student intake also meant that the reserved matters and material amendment applications had to be prepared and submitted in a very challenging timescale.