Sellar has secured a resolution to grant planning permission for the development of 444 purpose-built student homes, fully direct let, with eight affordable homes for local key workers and flexible office and retail space, following a unanimous decision from Southwark Council.

King’s Place will be in a location with first rate connections to world class universities. It will offer more than double the average internal and external amenity per room found in Purpose-Built Student Accommodation across London, with a high-quality offering as standard across all rooms, including the wheelchair-accessible studios.

James Sellar, chief executive of Sellar, said: “King's Place is redefining the design of student accommodation in London in a location with unrivalled connections to world class universities. To deliver exemplar student accommodation, the design focusses on health, well-being and comfort for students - rooms are generous and well lit, with abundant internal and external amenity spaces throughout. This combined with its ease of access to central London make the site the optimum location for student living. The project also furthers our long-term track record of working with and making a positive contribution to Southwark through regenerative developments, adding King’s Place to our successful projects at Shard Quarter and Bermondsey Yards.”

King’s Place will also deliver 1,850 sq m of flexible work and retail space, including a corner café on Borough High Street, and a new pocket park that will be created on Harper Road.

The one-acre site occupies a prime location fronting Newington Causeway and Borough High Street.