That is a big site. I would have thought that it could hold a lot more than c.300 units. How will the development fit in with SPS vision of a new link road through the adjoining car parks? Not sure how residents will cope with the large nightclubs that surround the site though. Also I will feel a bit sad that the open-air art gallery that lines Short St will disappear. I use that street a lot and the ever-changing large artworks are always interesting to look at. .
LEICESTER | Sandacre Street Residential scheme | 11 fl | App
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Almost 300 residential units in two blocks of up to 13 storeys in height. UPDATE: 11 storeys now.
Applicant: Delph Property Group
Architect: Benchmark Architects
Planning Register - Leicester City Council
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Images from planning application link above.
The site is next to St Margaret’s Bus Station and is currently mainly derelict industrial units/a temporary car park.
Applicant: Delph Property Group
Architect: Benchmark Architects
Planning Register - Leicester City Council
Images from planning application link above.
The site is next to St Margaret’s Bus Station and is currently mainly derelict industrial units/a temporary car park.
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It would good to see this area developed but do hope these are concept designs because I could a better job with my daughters Lego set if that is what the finished buildings are supposed to look like 
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Some new images from the planning application:
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Images from: http://rcweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/onlinequery/Details.aspx?AppNo=20171254
Images from: http://rcweb.leicester.gov.uk/planning/onlinequery/Details.aspx?AppNo=20171254
It's odd. There is so much to dislike about this proposal - the shape, the colours, the weird orientation/massing, the whole odd way that it is pieced together - yet I don't hate it at all. It is one of those weird developments where there is every reason to hate it, yet I actually find myself quite liking it...
Could just be the hangover talking of course
Lol I think it’s the sheer desperation in getting something built in that area!It's odd. There is so much to dislike about this proposal - the shape, the colours, the weird orientation/massing, the whole odd way that it is pieced together - yet I don't hate it at all. It is one of those weird developments where there is every reason to hate it, yet I actually find myself quite liking it...
Could just be the hangover talking of course
ItÂ’s the site more or less marked below:
Image from Google Maps.
I think it’s ok for where it’s to be built. I’m not too keen on the large block’s massing, though the height is decent.
You may be onto something there
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