Plans have been lodged to build a huge new student accommodation complex containing more than 1,200 bedrooms in Birmingham city centre.
University College Birmingham (UCB) is leading the scheme opposite its main campus building on the edge of the Jewellery Quarter.
If approved, it will comprise two linked blocks, of 15 and 35 storeys respectively, containing 1,205 bedrooms, spread across 237 studios and the remaining 968 in shared flats.
The new development would also have social and study areas, secure bicycle storage and external amenity space, including a private courtyard, and will be called Cambrian Wharf.
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The application site covers 1.7 acres and currently houses UCB's 1970s Cambrian Halls buildings but these would be demolished to make way for the new blocks.
Cambrian Halls contains 247 bedrooms but are unused while a sister block called The Maltings, in Granville Street, contains 847 bedrooms and would be closed following the construction of Cambrian Wharf.
Birmingham practice Associated Architects has designed the development.
A report submitted in support of the planning application said: "The aspiration for the site is to create a new campus-style, purpose-built student residential scheme in the heart of the city, providing en-suite and studio accommodation to meet current and future demands.
"UCB wishes to provide a campus which is welcoming and inclusive to students and visitors. The (existing) rooms are in a poor state of repair and the layouts no longer meet the requirements of the current student need.
"The quality of the spaces and facilities provided are poor in comparison with alternatives in the city."
The application site sits next to the city council's Paradise Circus car park at the corner of Cambridge Street and Brindley Drive.
In April, Birmingham developer Court Collaboration secured consent to demolish the car park and replace it with 581 apartments, in a development reaching 46 storeys.
Separately, construction work is well under way on the 49-storey Octagon apartment tower which is being built as part of the long-running Paradise estate opposite.
