AbstractA large and multi‐site British University's experience over three years in developing and implementing an Accommodation/Estate Strategy is summarized. The issues which arise are the conflict between efficient utilization and flexible education, the absence of any useful sector space norms for an institution with more pan‐time than full‐time students, the uncertainty over projections of required types and amounts of learning environments in the next twenty years or more, academic disquiet over re‐locations, the effectiveness of central space allocation systems and the difficulty in designing a sensitive but productive space charging