Lenton residents have given their thoughts on a plan to stop certain areas of Nottingham being dominated by university students. Nottingham City Council has worked with both Nottingham Trent University and the University of Nottingham to produce a 'Student Living Strategy'.
The key way in which the universities and the council are hoping to provide more balance is by getting more students living in purpose-built student accommodation (PBSA), rather than living in Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). The council stresses that HMOs will not "disappear", but the authority hopes that more of these properties can be converted back into family housing over the coming years.
The city council said Lenton has been made up of 70 percent students for a "very long time". Jackie Bentley, who has lived in her house in Wollaton Road for more than 40 years, said she thought the plan was a good idea.
