Has the bubble burst in the student accommodation market? - ‘Another massive student flat block in Cardiff can't fill its rooms’ http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/local-news/another-massive-student-flat-block-16541083#ICID=ios_WalesOnlineNewsApp_AppShare_Click_TWshare …
Apparently it’s a planning permission fiddle - I’m told. They can’t get planning permissions for residential blocks of flats in the city centre without making financial contributions to local facilities, so they describe them as student accommodation get to planning permission