A much-loved former café in the centre of Sunderland is finally set to be transformed into student accommodation after plans were given the go-ahead.
Revised plans to create 16 student apartments on the site where Louis Café stands on Park Lane were approved by Sunderland City Council earlier this month. The former café and restaurant, which opened up on the road in 1975 and served customers until 2018, will be turned into 15 student studios, one accessible studio, and a shopping unit. It is understood the development will be called Sunderland Studios.
The decision comes after revised plans were submitted to the council by MTA Land Investments Ltd earlier this year. The initial planning application was approved on March 22, last year, and proposed big changes to the building, including converting the ground floor into a retail unit and two studio apartments and extending the building upwards by two storeys to provide cluster-type student apartments across three upper floors.
