Craig: Greater Manchester’s next decade is about delivery

Having failed get its proposed 14,000-home Cheshire scheme onto the government’s shortlist of new settlements, the developer is working up plans to bring forward the first chunk of that masterplan.

An area committee is expected to recommend approval for the 160-home proposal, one of three developments advancing in the Jacksons Lane area of Hazel Grove.

Flintshire County Council will have to defend its decision to reject the application, which had been denied last year against officer recommendation and after nearly two hours of debate.

A request from the controversial pipeline scheme’s promoters to carry out surveys will be discussed at a council committee next week.

Oaklands Hospital off Lancaster Road has a WAULT of 11 years and is due to be scooped up by an unnamed buyer, alongside a similar building in Truro.

Not so lucky: Cygnet Healthcare’s proposals to expand its existing mental health facility by the Shrine of our Land of Lourdes.

Less than four years after signing an 11.5-year lease at CERT’s Duke & Parr, the Sony-owned firm is looking to sub-let the whole building.

The Building Safety Regulator has granted approval for the first 1,000-bedspace phase of construction at the £286m Cambridge Halls project.

Work to extend and revamp the historic town centre building can advance following a planning committee decision.

Victoria North in Manchester and Leeds South Bank will have to wait a few more months to find out if they have made the cut for the programme, which aims to deliver a series of new settlements and urban extensions, each with between 15,000 and 40,000 homes.

The council is in talks with consultancies about the opportunity to draw up a masterplan setting out the town’s development and investment direction over the coming decades.

Ian Steele has joined the consultancy as a director after more than 20 years at Avison Young.

Place North West readers have spoken, and the St Peter’s Square destination has been voted as the building from the last 100 years that has had the biggest impact on the city.

Cllr Garry Bridges has been elected as the new leader of the city’s Labour Group and will formally take up the city council’s top job tomorrow.

Lack of office offering in Liverpool city centre led Aslan Labs Group to pursue space across the Mersey, with the research and strategy firm looking to take the entire 6,200 sq ft ground floor of the council-owned building.

A contractor has been appointed to get started on delivering the 1,715-place Category C facility between HMP Garth and HMP Wymott in Leyland,  a scheme that was approved by the government after being marked for refusal three times – once by the local authority and twice by the Planning Inspectorate.

Plans to construct a hotel on the former bus depot site off Bransty Row are due to be submitted within three months by developer and landowner BEC.

Working with housing providers Anwyl and Magenta, Hampstead Regeneration wants to build on 10 acres off Ferry Road in Eastham. 

Hines has bought the 228,000 sq ft complex from St James’ Place.