Peel Land secures consent for 282 homes next to RHS Garden Bridgewater

The county will go from having 15 councils to four unitary authorities, pending Parliamentary approval.

The housebuilder has lodged plans to build a mix of apartments, terraced, semi-detached, and detached houses on a 6.5 acre plot in the Cheshire village.

Westmorland Farmshop & Co, the business behind Tebay Services and Gloucester Services, has secured an eight-figure funding package from the bank to support the development between Junction 7 and 8 of the M56 in Cheshire.

Also on the receiving end of a green light from Flintshire County Council: Castle Green’s second try at an affordable housing development at Quarry Farm and a padel complex in Buckley.

As well as the Industrial Solutions Hub being advanced by Cumberland Council, yesterday’s planning committee approved updated outline plans for up to 480 homes at Newhouse Farm, Carlisle.

Both local authorities are looking to accelerate delivery of social housing, with members asked to approve next steps for a number of brownfield sites in each council area.

Developer Russell LDP has increased the number of homes it plans to build on 75 acres off Chester Road in Woodford, now that the site has been allocated for housing in the council’s draft local plan.

The first policy speech by Prime Minister-in-waiting, Andy Burnham, coincided with the release of the latest Sentiment Survey undertaken by the House Builders Federation in collaboration with Quantum Development Finance, writes Richard Hemmings of Quantum Development Finance.

A 34-acre site west of Hart Common Golf Course is the subject of plans for hundreds of residences.

The third of three applications for a combined 460 homes across the borough is now with Warrington’s planning team for consideration.

The Planning Inspectorate has found in favour of the housebuilder and overturned the council’s decision to reject plans for the development of 47 acres off The Hill.

The path is clear for Victory House and Caledonian Mill, off Carlisle’s Victoria Viaduct, to be repurposed into a 95-strong managed student living offer – a project previously waylaid by nutrient neutrality requirements.

The Didsbury office complex comprises 289,000 sq ft across 10 buildings, and was last traded when Kennedy Wilson acquired it in 2016.

The council has recommended that councillors approve plans from Taylor Wimpey and Jones Homes for 168 properties on safeguarded land despite the project conflicting with local planning policies.

Abandoning plans for the former Barclays Bank Building on Market Square, the council has chosen to repurpose Levelling Up Funds to transforming the grade two-listed building into a community and events hub instead.

Grant funding from the government’s Regeneration Fund is required to cover the project’s rising costs after structural flaws and asbestos were discovered during detailed surveys of the 140-year-old theatre.

Social value is more than a requirement, says Dawn Georgeson of A&B Engineering. It is about creating meaningful, lasting benefits for people, communities and future generations.

Remake Asset Management has acquired the 27,000 sq ft Manchester office block from Schroders for £11.6m.

The global technology giant will keep its regional base within South Manchester, moving from long-time home Sir William Siemens House to around 40,000 sq ft at Didsbury’s Towers Business Park.