Exeter City Council has approved the replacement of Clarendon House on the corner of Western Way and Heavitree Road with a ten-storey 297-bed student accommodation block.
Developer Zinc Real Estate first sought public feedback on a sixteen-storey scheme in December 2023 before returning for further consultation twelve months later having removed six storeys from one of the proposed towers.
The council planning committee approved the student block despite attempts by one of its members to defer the decision to review final scheme proposals which were submitted recently alongside alternative plans to instead convert the office block to 32 residential flats.
