Plans in for 56 Burnage flats, pharmacy

Following the January purchase of a former abattoir site in Ashton-under-Lyne, the partners have lodged plans for 139,000 sq ft across five units ranging from 9.300 sq ft to 54,000 sq ft.

Office agent Mark Bamber has joined the consultancy at director level, arriving from a 12-year stint at Knight Frank.

Grid connection availability was cited as one of the main reasons for the renewable energy company’s decision to abandon the project, which had been estimated to be capable of powering more than 34,000 homes.

The developer has lodged proposals for 93 homes off Chester Road in the south-west Cheshire market town.

Roadside Real Estate has announced its intent to acquire the Carlisle-based company’s entire Hills petrol station portfolio.

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero company has signed a two-stage contract with Rolls-Royce to ready the North Wales site for three small modular nuclear reactors.

The high-rise residential specialist has reported that sales climbed to £280m and pre-tax profit to £9.7m in 2025.

An integral part of the council’s resi-led regeneration agenda, the through school could accommodate around 1,500 primary and secondary pupils on an as yet unnamed town centre site.

Nutrient neutrality requirements had left six applications languishing in planning purgatory due to their proximity to the River Eden Special Area of Conservation. However, recent shifts in catchment boundaries could give them a second lease of life.

Northop Hall’s Plas Ifan Hotel, which has been vacant for 10 years, will be demolished to make way for the senior living facility being developed by Bod Hotels.

Unveilings, non-retirements, and flash pads.

The Planning Inspectorate sided with the strategic land company, arguing that the council was wrong to refuse the outline plans for 160 houses, 70-bed care facility, and a 30-acre countryside park in Sandbach.

Main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction has wrapped work on the 19,600 sq ft Town Deal project, which will provide workspace for start-ups and small companies specialising in digital technology and the digitisation of advanced manufacturing.

Plans for up to 300 homes off Chester Road on the edge of Heswall are being drawn up by the volume housebuilder.

The housebuilders own roughly 50% of the Chester Road site each and are planning to build 222 homes between them.

Growing the multi-disciplinary consultancy’s Manchester presence, Ruth Jackson has been appointed as a director of planning, while Marc Zablotny and Tillie Baker have become associates at Iceni Projects.

Place Capital Group chief executive David Smith-Milne joins a robust line-up of speakers, including Manchester City Council’s Becca Heron, McLaren Regeneration’s Tom Gilman, and Igloo’s Joe Broadley, at Place North’s City Living Summit on 30 April.

Leaving the public sector behind for now, former Warrington Council interim chief executive Steve Park has decided to return to private sector consulting on a part-time basis.

Manchester City Council’s planning committee took little time to wave through plans to relocate Moston Superstore to enable the district’s regeneration, also greenlighting the replacement of two Tib Street buildings.