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The site of the former medieval-inspired theme park in Lancashire could become a 350-home development if the local council decides to change its tune on the attraction’s redevelopment after previous rejections.

The womenswear and homeware brand has taken its first steps into the North West, signing a 10-year lease on part of the former Flannels unit.

The developer, best known for high-density for sale schemes in Liverpool, has branched out into the social housing market for the first time, striking a deal with MSV for a 42-apartment project in Salford.

Specialist provider Meadows Care is seeking a temporary change of use to secondary education at the Middleton building, which could provide it with the outdoor space it currently lacks.

The submitted plans detail an enhancement of the town centre with a mixed-use development and the introduction of a civic square.

Working as development manager for the council, the firm wants to build four ‘tech-box’ life science-focused units at the St Helens Manufacturing & Innovation Campus.

He joins the law firm as a planning and highways partner and will apply his experience in large mixed-use and residential schemes amid a changing regulatory landscape.

The developer claims it has lost out on up to £14.4m in profits because Peel failed to adhere to the terms of an agreement for lease signed by the two parties in relation to residential development plots within the £5bn Liverpool Waters masterplan. Peel denies the claims.

The development arm of TJ Morris has lodged plans for an apartment scheme on Greenland Street, building on the momentum it has generated over the last year and increasing the number of homes it has in planning or under construction to 905.

District & Urban Developments has been granted permission to convert empty workspace within Crown House into apartments 21 years after the last tenants left.

Contractor Sisk has reached the highest point of the expanded North Stand at the Etihad Stadium with completion scheduled partway through next season.

Trees, trolleys, and tall timber.

The Department for Work and Pensions is now able to host 3,000 employees in the £100m workspace off King Street after chief contractor VINCI rounded off construction.

Plans for a 22-storey block featuring 189 affordable apartments are set to be given the go-ahead by Salford City Council next week.

Dougie Orton-Wade has joined the Manchester-based operator and developer from Dandara Living.

Cityheart and Halton Council have agreed a deal with the housing association for the 63-home first phase of the £60m redevelopment of 20 acres of industrial land at Foundry Lane.

Seybourne has exchanged contracts with a quartet of private landowners for a site off the A557 Weston Point Expressway and is planning to build 225,000 sq ft of warehouse and distribution facilities.

Colin Sinclair, the chief executive of Knowledge Quarter Liverpool and Sciontec Developments, will lead efforts to attract capital to the city region.

The registered provider will operate the first 110 homes at the 255-unit Little Lever development.