Bolton readies bulldozers for Crompton Place

Construction of England’s largest onshore wind farm has taken a step forward with Rochdale Council set to consider the renewable energy developer’s application to build a temporary meteorological mast in a bid to have the 100MW facility operational by 2030.

Government funding of £5m will kickstart SportsTown, a development programme around Oldham Athletic’s Boundary Park that the club and council said could swell into a “transformative” £70m campus.

Despite Cannes swapping its trademark sunshine for almost relentless rain, MIPIM delivered an event packed with captivating discussions, massive announcements, and golden opportunities for partnerships and collaboration, writes Lucy Lomas of Luma Marketing.

Reskilling the workforce, planning patience, and a move away from engrained ways of working are all required to deliver on the city region’s ambitious housing delivery targets, according to participants at a roundtable discussion hosted by Mansell Building Solutions at MIPIM.

Branded Snoozebox, the 56-bed project is planned for a site located at the heart of Cains Brewery Village between Boxpark and Bongo’s Bingo for the next 15 years.

The construction industry is wary of an widening skills gap, with an ageing talent pool and more workers leaving the industry than joining, the future of construction needs the industry to adapt and act now, according to Caroline Compton-James, deputy chief executive of SCAPE.

A reserved matters application for 217 homes on a brownfield Bromborough site has been submitted by the Yorkshire-headquartered housebuilder.

As the dust settles on another MIPIM, Place North brings you a rundown of the themes that crept up time and time again throughout the week.

A proposal from Whitbread to expand a hotel just off the A6 from 66 to 86 rooms has been lodged with Stockport Council.

A fundamental shift in what it means to be a city is prompting the global consultancy to consider the potential for a third UK office – in the North of England.

Socks, spice, and stadia.

The developer has submitted proposals for an initial 879 homes at the Manchester regeneration project, with Studio Egret West and shedkm teaming up on design.

With the end of the convention in sight, Muse’s managing director, Phil Mayall, Tom Bloxham of Urban Splash, and igloo regeneration’s senior development manager, Insiyah Khushnood gave their final reflections on the big week.

The local authority is opening a final round of consultation on a draft document for Carlisle’s 10,000-home Garden Village.

Over the last few years Bolton Council has taken a more proactive approach to regeneration as it builds up to the town’s most transformational project – Crompton Place.

Updated plans for a long-controversial hotel proposal between the sporting Old Traffords have been greenlit, while a fresh consent has been granted for Sale’s former magistrates’ court.

From data centres in Blackpool to space centres in Newcastle, a panel of Northern leaders set out their investment propositions on the global stage and discussed how the North can work together to make them a reality.

Developer Equans Regeneration can press on with 90 apartments at the Liverpool landmark, after the heritage body said it has no objections.

Sports-led redevelopment has been a key theme of MIPIM, with both Liverpool and Manchester touting stadium projects at the conference.