A new exciting student accommodation developement project in the heart of Leicester University. We are currently in the design phase working up plans for the refurbishment the old warehouse and exploring the potential for additional floors to create 49 bedspaces either as cluster flats or one bedroom studios.
Watch this space….
Multi-use games areas – or MUGAs – are one of the most popular additions to municipal parks, playgrounds and open spaces due to their incredible versatility and they offer a very cost effective answer to a wide variety of sporting needs.
Compliant with BS EN 15312, the safety requirements and test methods for free-access multi-sports equipment, and PAS 30:1998, the standards governing outdoor recreational multi-sports equipment, they provide a concentrated and enclosed area for ball sports that in turn allows smaller children to play uninterrupted in the playground.
From 1 October 2010, the Equality Act replaced most of the Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). However, the Disability Equality Duty in the DDA continues to apply. Find out about the protection and legal rights the Equality Act provides for disabled people.
Disabled right to access. goods, services, facilities and premises
The Equality Act 2010 provides important rights not to be discriminated against or harassed:
- in accessing everyday goods and services like shops, cafes, banks, cinemas and places of worship
- in buying or renting land or property
- in accessing or becoming a member of a larger private club (25 or more members)
- in accessing the functions of public bodies
Everyday services
Disabled people have important rights of access to everyday services. This includes services provided by:
- local councils
- doctors’ surgeries
- shops
- hotels
- banks
- pubs
- post offices
- theatres
- hairdressers
- places of worship
- courts
- voluntary groups such as play groups
- Non-educational services provided by schools are also included.
Access to services is not just about physical access, it is about making services easier to use for everybody.
DisabledGo and Direct Enquiries are online directories with detailed access information about venues across the UK. You can search the database, and filter results so that you can check whether a venue is suitable for your own individual needs.
(All the information above is taken from the DirectGov website for more details on any of the above issues please click here)
Designed by architects in nottingham, this was a highly complex scheme and designed as twenty four student cluster flats, containing seventy nine bed-spaces all with en suites for the burgeoning student accommodation market in Leicester.
The scheme was designed such that it could be converted back to individual apartments for the private market should the client wish to do so in the future.
Its dominant feature is the aluminium ‘sail’ that cantilevers from the building on the main elevation and is set against contrasting black brickwork panels and feature red windows.
The scheme was so successful that it was fully let in two weeks nine months from completion.
The project was extremely well received by the planning department and went through unopposed in thirteen weeks and now stands as an exemplar of how student accommodation architecture can be delivered sustainably and commercially in a tough economic market.
