Ancoats garage could become walk-through marketplace

Plans have been lodged with Stockport Council to bring convenience retail to the Marple Road site.

Hear from representatives of both local authorities, as well as developers including Watch This Space and Maple Grove, on how they are shaping the market in Cumbria at Place North West’s half-day conference.

Afar Properties has submitted plans to convert 96 one-bed student accommodation bedrooms into 62 one-bed studio flats, as well as installing a three-storey front link extension to the building.

The councils are looking to set up a joint planning committee to consider planning applications within the 1,600-acre Northern Gateway, where 13m sq ft of employment space and 1,200 homes are projected.

The regional law firm has strengthened its property and construction team with the appointment of James Harris as a partner, based in Liverpool.

Willmott Dixon is to start work on three multi-use buildings, including a visitor centre, set to form the heart of the Northern Roots project when it opens in summer 2026.

Diecast, the Manchester hospitality staple, wants to cement its presence off Ducie Street and continue serving more than 20,000 punters a week at the Presbar Diecasting site.

Plans for 68 homes off Linley Road were turned down last year with the council saying it is already exceeding its affordable homes target, prompting the housing association to escalate matters to the Planning Inspectorate.

The contractor’s appointment on public realm works including the market square will be discussed at cabinet level next week, as St Helens Council and partner ECF look to advance the town centre’s £30m transformation.

The opening three months of 2025 saw 550,000 sq ft of shed space let across the North West, 50% less than the previous quarter, according to research by Knight Frank.

Liberty Living Partnership wants to build 74 affordable independent living apartments off Sydney Road, where three previous projects have foundered.

Avjon has submitted plans to build a 74,600 sq ft industrial unit on a site most recently used as an inland border facility to process HGVs in the wake of the UK’s exit from the EU.

Located in the St John’s district of Manchester, Allied London’s campus is billed as a central workspace for companies at the intersection of the creative and tech industries.

Kendal-based South Lakes Housing and contractor R P Tyson are seeking local opinions for the £10m development at the heart of the Lancaster Canal Quarter project.

Devolution is coming to Cheshire, but how will it impact regeneration and development in the area? Find out at Place North West’s half-day conference in June.

Chief executive of Redrow for five years up to the housebuilders’ mega-merger last year, Matthew Pratt will step down from that position and the new company’s board at the end of June.

Rochdale, alongside Bury and Oldham, is one of three boroughs that are part of a transformative initiative designed to establish a dynamic, interconnected manufacturing mega-cluster in Greater Manchester, writes Mark Robinson of Rochdale Council.

CBRE has been appointed to sell the 20-acre former campus three years after the university shelved plans to redevelop the site.

The city enjoyed its best start to a year in terms of office transactions since the first quarter of 2020, according to the Manchester Office Agents Forum.