Speller Metcalfe has been chosen by National Star for a £6m development at a college in Gloucestershire for people with disabilities.

National Star is a charity and a college that provides specialist further education, personal development, and residential services for young people with complex disabilities and learning difficulties.

Speller Metcalfe has been selected to develop a new hall of residence at the college's Ullenwood campus near Cheltenham. It will provide specially adapted accommodation for young people with disabilities that meets complex needs and provides spaces to live and learn.

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Each of the 13 bedrooms will have specialist overhead tracking hoists and ensuite facilities ensuring privacy for those with high levels of personal care needs. There will be wide corridors that can easily large wheelchairs. There will also be sensory/break-out spaces to support those with autism, sensory processing disorders and behavioural challenges as well as large communal areas which will be used for life skills sessions.

The new building has been designed by Cheltenham-based Coombes Everitt Architects. The three organisations have worked together on several projects, most recently Bradbury Gardens in Pittville, Cheltenham, which is home to eight long-term residents and 17 residential students.