THE next stage of an approved scheme to build a “village” for 1,858 students has been submitted to Cornwall Council.

Verto Homes, which is based at Threemilestone, near Truro, has applied for a ‘targeted planning performance agreement’ (PPA) for the Halo Village development on land at Penvose Farm, Roskrow, near Penryn.

A PPA is a voluntary, project-managed framework between a developer and local council to manage the design and development of complex or large-scale proposals.

Cornwall Council granted planning permission in 2024 for the purpose-built student accommodation and amenities for 1,858 students after first rejecting the “objectionable” scheme in 2023.

The development is for 1,858-bed student accommodation including 97 wheelchair-accessible units, amenities for students and the local community, including a new doctor’s surgery, business units and sustainable transport infrastructure.

As part of the village, a 48-bed budget hotel, a pub, restaurant, café and hot food takeaway, a shopping parade, children’s day nursery and sports and leisure facilities, including gym, yoga studio, squash and tennis courts, and sports clinic could also be built.

The development is intended to service the growing student population at the Tremough Campus in Penryn. It will house students from both Exeter and Falmouth universities,.

At the time it received planning consent for the scheme, Verto said the new student village would be constructed to “the very highest environmental standards, while embodied and operational carbon will be net zero – or even beyond zero”.

Verto previously said that the project could create 1,550 construction jobs over the build period, as well as 350 permanent jobs once the development is up and running. For more details see PA26/00357/PREAPP.

In the same week, Cornwall-based Kingsley Developments has applied for outline planning permission with some matters reserved (appearance, landscaping, layout and scale) for up to 40 homes and associated works on 7.6 acres of land adjacent to Church Road, Mabe Burnthouse, near Penryn. For more details see PA26/01235.