Plans to transform a disused student accommodation block into one of Kent’s biggest houses in multiple occupation have been submitted. Northwood Court in Broadstairs, a former Canterbury Christ Church University (CCCU) building, could be repurposed as an 84-bed HMO. However, it comes amid existing Kent County Council (KCC) plans to convert it into a residential centre for unaccompanied asylum-seeking teenagers. Put forward by Jamie Copland, the proposals would see the three-storey building split up into 17 sections, with all bedrooms boasting an ensuite and a kitchen shared between four to fiv…
