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Martin Redfern
Plans to redevelop the derelict Cowley Bridge Road Johnsons cleaners site to provide a total of 350 beds of student accommodation in four blocks up to six storeys tall have been submitted for approval by the city council.
The laundry facility was badly damaged by fire three years ago and was demolished last year.
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