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Chief executive and majority shareholder Stephen Ashworth will hand over the day-to-day running of the business to his son Sam.

Contractor JF Hunt has begun a £15m programme to prepare the way for the Newton-le-Willows project’s 800,000 sq ft first phase.

Five years after buying the building, the JV between Bruntwood, L&G, and the Greater Manchester Pension Fund has announced the refurb is complete and the grade two-listed Manchester office is 90% let.

Having brought forward the first 200 houses on the more than 700-acre former RAF Burtonwood Airfield site, it is only fitting that Miller Homes is lined up to complete the large-scale mixed-use development’s residential element with another 68.

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Knowsley Council’s cabinet has signed off funding of £600,000, enabling the developer to work up detailed plans for the next phase of the town centre’s regeneration.

Negotiations to acquire land needed to build a 1.1km relief road to unlock the 1,800-home development are not progressing quickly enough, prompting the council to flex its compulsory purchase muscles.

Warned by planning inspectors that their draft plan may be unsound, Chorley, Preston, and South Ribble councils have stressed their desire to make changes and seek adoption for the document as soon as possible.

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Leaving the controversial Green Belt Cheshire East development behind, housing secretary Steve Reed has unveiled the latest list of seven new settlements and urban extensions proposed to receive government backing to deliver between 15,000 and 40,000 homes.

Councillors renewed on Thursday their agreement to grant permission to the 1,328-home scheme and also voted in favour of turning two town centre sites into temporary bus depots.

Claire House Children’s Hospice off Honey’s Green Lane in West Derby will increase in size significantly as the charity bids to grow its reach amid rising demand.

Having secured approval at appeal in 2023, the developer is now seeking to make a start on the 75-apartment Blackbird Yard.

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After a nervous, nearly six month-wait, Sefton Council has received confirmation that the money promised to mend the grade two-listed structure has been signed off by the Department for Business and Trade.

Optimising road layouts, improving traffic signal junctions, and upgrading pedestrian accessibility are the core components of the Town Centre Access Scheme, which began this week.

The Manchester neighbourhood was one of 40 communities to secure a place on the expanded Pride in Place programme, which will see a total of 284 areas receive financial support for improvement works over the course of 10 years.

Imperial Court, located off Exchange Street and once home to HMRC, is to be converted into 106 apartments under plans drawn up by Seth Real Estate.

BAM, Morgan Sindall Construction, Robertson Construction, Mountain Earth, Wates, and Krol Corlett Construction were among the 53 contractors named to the North West framework, which is managed for Wirral Council.