Changing layout adds 65 flats to Guildford site

The plans were first introduced in 2014 and approved in 2018

An extra 65 apartments have been added to the design of a housing development in Guildford town centre by altering the internal layouts of the existing buildings.

The £150m scheme for 438 homes next to the town's railway station was approved in 2018.

But Solum Regeneration, an organisation set up as a partnership between Network Rail and Kier Property, has managed to boost this to 503 apartments, said the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Despite changes to the layout in four of the five blocks, the heights of the buildings remain the same, between eight and 10 storeys.

The development, which was first proposed in 2014, also now includes six more affordable homes, taking the total number to 51.

It will "deliver a range of substantial social, economic and environmental benefits" to Guildford town centre, said the developers in the planning documents.

No additional car parking was proposed at the site, which is a short distance from the train station.