Cheshire East triggers local plan prep phase

After 20 years at Deloitte over two stints, Ed Britton has joined Bidwells as a partner, with a focus on winning major city centre projects.

Manchester’s Shena Simon Campus is to be redeveloped into a 167-bed venue named for its owner, MyProtein founder Oliver Cookson.

A mix of houses and apartments is planned on 7.5 acres on the northern edge of the Salford town.

Everway Homes plans to deliver 2,000 houses by 2031.

The different ways towns across the North are anchoring efforts to breathe new life into their urban centres were under the microscope at last week’s pan-Northern briefing.

American actor Hopwood DePree lost his court battle with the council, where he argued that the local authority had acted illegally over refusing to sell him the historic property.

Also approved: 21 Living’s plan for a mini-Flatiron off Tiviot Dale.

Gateway 2 approval has now been given for all seven higher-risk buildings at the £530m redevelopment of the student campus, as the University of Manchester increases capacity to 3,300 bedspaces.

Liverpool has been confirmed as the property conference’s host city for 2028 and 2029, as the organisation prepares to move on from Leeds following the 2027 edition.

At UKREiiF in May, we set a room full of people from across development, construction, education and the public sector a challenge: build a new town, writes Jo Hall, of North West CTEC at Wigan & Leigh College.

With the collapse of Strathmore Hotels, the 124-bed, 20-acre resort is now up for grabs.

Jo Atkinson will take the lead role at the local authority in January, taking over from retiring chief executive Andrew Seekings.

A project calling for the demolition of 44 bungalows, to be replaced by 77 affordable homes, has squeaked through at Cheshire East’s northern planning committee.

The developer has navigated contractor insolvency and council pushback to deliver the 46-apartment redevelopment of Centric House.

The Mulberry Partnership, a joint venture between UQ Partnerships and the university, has secured a £12.9m development loan from the bank to support delivery in two phases.

What a difference a year makes. This time 12 months ago, Andy Burnham was lurking in the shadows at the Labour Party Conference, the spectre at Keir Starmer’s feast. This week, he took centre stage.

Aimed at enhancing the area around the town centre’s two train stations, the delivery framework will identify opportunities for 800 homes and 200,000 sq ft of workspace.

In the North West, the figure is a starker 39% decline with 3,939 homes approved in the second quarter of this year compared to the 6,501 approved in the first.

Rob Haynes has joined the Macclesfield company as head of acquisitions, while over in the housebuilding side of the business Andrew Turnbull has been named delivery director and Simon Newby has become senior contracts manager.