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Another high-rise student scheme for 328 learners is set to be built in Swansea

New plans for high-rise student accommodation near Swansea's High Street have been submitted.

The 328-bed scheme off Jockey Street would include studio flats all the way up to eight-bedroom flats.

The four to 12-storey development would be on land currently used as a car park, and would include a cafe.

It is just over five minutes' walk from the High Street rail station.

Applicant Garip Demirci had a previous application for a taller 414-bed development on Jockey Street turned down by Swansea Council's planning committee - a decision which was later upheld on appeal on the grounds of scale and impact on road safety.

A planning statement submitted to the council on behalf of Mr Demirci said the current proposal had been redesigned accordingly.

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"The resulting scheme is now considered to successfully address the reasons for refusal and provides an acceptable and viable scheme that will provide significant regeneration to the area," it said.

As well as being lower than the first proposal, the new one features a landscaped area between the building and Jockey Street, and more lighting and CCTV provision - particularly under the nearby railway bridge.

These measures aim to address what the planning inspector described as "dark, imposing and intimidating" pedestrian areas nearby.

Students living in the development, which has 10 parking spaces earmarked, would have to sign a tenancy agreement stipulating that they would not park a car at the development or within three miles of it.

Jockey Street is close to bus stops, and 164 bike spaces would be provided.

Transport, air quality and daylight assessments have been submitted as part of the new planning application.

In her planning appeal report last year, Welsh Government-appointed inspector Vicki Hurst said the 414-bed development would regenerate a brownfield site and meet Swansea's growing student accommodation needs.

But she said the design was "monolithic", "slab-like" and harmful to the character and appearance of the area.

If the new scheme is approved by the council, it would be the third major student development off High Street, one of which is already occupied.

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