Double quick approval for Neville’s office-to-hotel conversion

The city council voted to approve 269,000 sq ft of research space off Sir John Fisher Drive – as well as Applethwaite Homes’ plans for 80 houses off Low Road in Halton.

The insurance firm will leave its current home at WeWork at One St Peter’s Square to take a conventional lease at AEW’s 100 Barbirolli Square down the road.

Manchester City Council and Muse have begun razing the former Peacocks store at Civic to make way for a 30,000 sq ft culture hub, with hopes to open the space in 2027.

All strategic allocations from the Greater Manchester spatial framework will now require supplementary planning documents in the borough, thanks to a motion from opposition councillors – with delays expected for a series of other projects.

The insurance provider has signed a 10-year lease on 45,000 sq ft at the £145m commercial development next to the town’s train station.

A two-storey extension to the existing primary school off Seymour Drive, alongside the development of an early-years wing, will enable 300 students from the ages of two to 16 to study at the Warrington Primary Academy Trust campus.

London-based ASBBJ Real Estate UK took control of the apartment project off St Anne’s Street that Liverpool FC legend Robbie Fowler once had a hand in last year, and is hopeful of having its revised proposals approved next week.

A combined 60 acres in Bramhall and High Lane could deliver 345 homes under plans being progressed by Wain Estates and Persimmon.

Located off Wilson Road close to both the M57 and M62, the scheme would replace the John Mason International facility that currently occupies the site.

Plans for 68 homes in Great Sankey have now been lodged with the council, a month after the housebuilder acquired the five acres off OWL.

A subtle yet significant tweak is planned to ensure the redevelopment of Boulton House into short-stay accommodation for tourists does not get sucked into the Building Safety Act’s Gateway 2 vortex.

The Industrial Solutions Hub will provide a base for Cumberland Council’s push to build on the region’s nuclear heritage and deliver economic growth programmes centring on robotics, manufacturing, and digital opportunities.

Place’s 40th and final event of the year brought together the region’s property sector once more for an evening of festive food and Christmas cocktails in Manchester.

GM has introduced a suite of documents to help ensure developers meet Places for Everyone’s net zero carbon goals with their projects. What does it look like putting the guidance into practice?

Joint venture partners Torus and Countryside have permission for the second phase of the 1,200-home mixed-use development in Warrington, which would take the total houses approved on the site to date up to 900.

Sandy Livingstone has been appointed as successor to outgoing chief executive Brownen Rapley.

The 276-bed hotel will be the brand’s largest in the North of England.

Trafford Council has approved its own £15m Lacy Street residential project.

The Planning Inspectorate will launch a recruitment drive for extra inspectors in the new year, hot on the heels of government moves to hurry through local plan reviews.