Grey Belt pitch made as 180-home Woodhouses scheme submitted

Land at Red Hall Farm close to Leighton Hospital is subject of the Weavers Green outline planning application, as the developer looks to expand Crewe to the north-west.

Lancashire Combined County Authority has appointed Karen Cassar as its first director of transport.

A little over a year since opening its doors for the first time, Stockroom has welcomed more than a million visitors and contributed to a 15% rise in footfall at the council-owned Merseyway Shopping Centre.

Place North West is pleased to reveal the shortlisted nominations for the big question we’re posing this month: what is Manchester’s most important building of the last 100 years?

A 1.5-acre former industrial site off Seaford Road with planning permission for a 412-bed student development is up for grabs.

Construction is due to begin before the year is out on a flagship, 26,200 sq ft M&S Food and two other 8,500 sq ft units at the retail park off Edge Lane.

Oldham’s long-awaited gateway project is now on site, with Muse and the council’s appointed contractor beginning work on 75 affordable homes.

Mayor Steve Rotheram will address delegates on his regeneration priorities at this dedicated half-day conference on the sub-region’s prospects.

Nick Wiggans has been promoted to the senior position and will now lead the analysis and underwriting of the Macclesfield-based residential investor and developer’s capital allocation.

Blackbrook Hall and Oakwood Homes each had their applications approved by the local authority’s planning committee, meaning 51 residences are due to be built in Broughton and 63 in the city centre.

Outline planning permission has been granted for the development of a former off-road motorcycle track previously classed as Green Belt.

Offered at £3.25m, the Manchester-based investor has acquired Cobac House on Manchester’s Charlotte Street, home to Little Yang Sing and insurance broker Bridge.

Ahead of the solar eclipse on Wednesday, the £100m eco-tourism destination has released a CGI of what one of its two shell-inspired superstructures may look like when the attraction opens in 2028.

Bloor Homes’ outline application for a residential development off Prestbury Road in Macclesfield was given the go-ahead by the Planning Inspectorate on Monday.

The firm’s directors have triggered the process of appointing administrators to wrap up its affairs and have formed a phoenix company under which to move forward.

Place’s popular briefing on Yorkshire’s industrial and logistics market returns in October with speakers already confirmed from West Yorkshire Combined Authority, Glencar, Leeds College of Building, and Savills.

Having agreed terms on the contract with Trafford Council, the Rochdale-based firm will begin the renovation programme later this month.

Early market engagement has been launched as the council looks to advance a housing-led regeneration programme backed by grant funding of £90.4m from Homes England.

Armed with the soon-to-be-launched £20m Good Growth High Streets Fund, the collective will help drive Greater Manchester’s approach to revitalising town and city centres.