Plans to redevelop a major site on London’s Albert Embankment have been brought back to life with proposals for a 770-bed student scheme over two towers.

It is the third incarnation of plans for the 36-46 Albert Embankment site in Vauxhall, which received planning for a 900-bed hotel across similar proposed towers two years ago.

Before this plan, the site occupied by a Jet petrol station and owned by engineering firm Hotchkiss, had started out in the early 2000s as a planned flats scheme.

Under the new plan drawn up by architect Hopkins Architects for student developer Urbanest, the scale and appearance of the scheme will be similar to the second hotel plan.

The building heights are staying the same at 29 and 26 storeys with very minor changes to the overall massing to accommodate the change in use from a hotel to a purpose built student accommodation development.

Urbanest has struck a deal with University College London to take a large number of the rooms and aims to start work on the project by January 2026.

The scheme aims to achieve Passivhaus certification, become Net Zero in operation, target a BREEAM rating of Outstanding.