Story to build £4.2m Cleator Moor community hub

Closed in 2024, Accrington’s Victoria Hospital will now be levelled, making way for replacement health facilities.

The X1 Group company behind a four-tower scheme at Salford Quays collapsed into administration last month with one tower left unbuilt.

A restructure at the firm will see it close down its building services division, concentrating from here purely on civil and structural engineering.

Aiming to submit plans for 1.3m sq ft of industrial floorspace later this year, the developer has opened a consultation for the project.

The investor expects to start work this year on the first phase of Abbey Row, a project originally advanced by YPG at Gildart Street.

Former office space will be repurposed into 46 flats under plans approved by the city council’s planning committee on Thursday.

A Pendle Council committee has rubber-stamped plans submitted by the retail heavyweight in conjunction with Monte Blackburn to develop a site close to the Boundary Mill designer outlet.

The Yorkshire-based developer and land owner told shareholders to take no action in the wake of Peel Holdings’ unexpected offer to take full ownership of the listed company, paying 172.5p per share.

Henley Investment Management will have to ask the city council to reconsider its proposals to build 3,300 homes and the UK’s tallest tower outside of London at Regent Retail Park following a complaint about how the scheme was determined last year.

Capital&Centric’s 253-home Weir Mill is on course to complete next week and will do so with seven out of eight commercial units already spoken for after the developer opted to take a hit on rents to prioritise independent businesses it thinks will add value to the scheme as a whole.

Working with CERT Property, MyProtein founder Oliver Cookson has secured approval for revised plans for a green and white-clad residential scheme off Cross Keys Street.

Running, more running, and cinema crusades.

Wilsons Auctions has put in a part-retrospective application for its £10m+ refurbishment of the Deeside complex, including the building of a 19,700 sq ft shed to house 120 vehicles waiting to go under the hammer.

The city council wants to implement a licensing scheme for certain properties across the whole of the city after a recent study found that 99% of buildings surveyed failed to meet expected standards.

A fly-through video has been released showcasing the council’s plans to refresh the 17.5-acre green space, part of its wider £30m investment in the town.

A 98,000 sq ft unit can be built on a former Mercedes-Benz truck and van dealership in Birchwood, following approval.

Only three days remain to put forward your nomination for the building that has contributed the most to the city’s advancement in the last century.

Concerns over highway safety led to councillors to commence the rejection process for the application from charity Binas Yisachar, which would have converted a former care home into two-form primary school for up to 120 children with special needs.

The contractor has been confirmed as the preferred bidder to deliver the £45m regeneration project, which will be anchored by Star Academies.