Student housing proposed to sit above Thameslink tunnels near King’s Cross

An unusual building has been proposed for a vacant site on top of the Thameslink railway tunnels between King’s Cross and Farringdon stations. If planning is approved, the 121-bed student accommodation would be located in the Britannia Street car park, which is above the Thameslink railway tunnels and next to the London Underground open-air cutting.
Sheppard Robson / Planning documents
Internally, it’s unremarkable, as student flats with lots of communal areas, and a roof terrace, bu