Paragon backs Chester care home

Radius Campus in Crewe offers 52,700 sq ft of office accommodation across four floors and is currently fully let to the fuel card provider.

Contractors are on site as the early stages of building a 900,000 sq ft civil service campus move into gear, with overall completion in 2032 the aim.

The discount grocer has put forward plans for a ninth store in Wirral, one that would sit on a 1.5-acre lorry park off Birkenhead Road.

Once put forward by Steve Morgan’s Bridgemere for an apartment block, fresh proposals have been filed for the Lower Bridge Street site, including a car park, retail, and a row of townhouses.

Arriving from Forbes Solicitors, Helen Marsh has joined the law firm’s Manchester office.

Sefton Council said the scheme will be ready by 2029 but will now cost £106m rather than £73m.

Proposals have been lodged to transform the former Vaseys furniture superstore into an indoor sports facility.

Lacking a five-year supply of housing land, officers recommend outline approval for 49 homes on a greenfield site in Weeton.

Offers in excess of £4.2m are invited for the 31,000 sq ft retail warehouse, let to the bargain shopping giant until June 2032.

Ellesmere Port is the home to the businesses of the future, with a burgeoning net zero carbon industrial cluster already generating a gross development value of £1.4bn – a number that is due to more than double over the coming years as a further 332 acres of near-term developable land sits ready to be unlocked.

Culture and commercial director John Long will become chief executive as Peter Connolly, who has led the regeneration specialist since 2007, takes on the role of non-executive chair.

Lee McLean will begin his new role on 3 August, joining the residential developer from Campus Living Ventures.

Council officers have recommended the approval of Sintra Property Developments’ hybrid application for 60 acres of fields on either side of Stockport Road in Gee Cross.

Detailed plans are now open for consultation, with an application due to be submitted this summer as the council looks to tackle the much-maligned public space.

Councillors ignored professional advice to reject FI Real Estate Management’s plans for two large sheds on 100 acres of Green Belt close to Junction 3 of the M65, citing concerns about the scale of the development.

Three hundred poor-quality homes within the council’s Central Housing Regeneration Area are to be demolished and replaced with fewer, better dwellings in a bid to improve living standards in one of the most deprived areas of the country.

Logistics company Node Trading is looking to enter the music scene, putting forward plans to convert 11-15 Paul Street into a 17,400 sq ft music centre with 31 rental studios, an events venue, and a bar.

Comprising 53 affordable homes, the scheme would be constructed off Firs Way on the western edge of the Trafford town.

Merebridge Construction has secured planning consent for a 16-storey building featuring 73 apartments close to Piccadilly station.