Sefton on hunt for team to map vision for Southport’s future

The developer has lodged outline plans to build houses on a 28-acre former Green Belt plot off Scobell Street.

TV remakes, parting shots, and groundhoppers.

Construction on the HyNet pipelines, a critical aspect of the Liverpool Bay carbon capture storage project, can now start after the government and Eni shook hands on a deal for the first slug of public cash.

Earmarked for a 35-storey residential tower in the future, the 72,400 sq ft office was disposed of by Peel.

Lancaster City Council and Lancashire County Council are working up plans for a 59-acre industrial scheme off Imperial Road.

The next phase of the city’s Southern Gateway project will see enhancements around English Street, where a Tesco deal signals a retail pitch on the up.

Asset and development manager Lenrose Ventures is working up proposals to bring the city’s first skyscraper back into use almost four years after the last plan to refurbish the 28-storey building was floated.

The £16bn revenue digital infrastructure giant has taken an initial 15,000 sq ft at the historic Liverpool building, with the ambition of employing 1,000 staff across the city region over the next three years.

ForHousing has been trying to redevelop a gap site next to the College Court tower block for a decade. The latest iteration of the project is taller and has more homes than earlier proposals.

Just weeks after purchasing the 153,000 sq ft India Mill from Graham & Brown, the property group has agreed a 10-year deal with tissue business Euro Paper.

A project blending conversion of the historic building with a new-build element has been put forward to Tameside Council as a 102-apartment proposal.

There are only a handful of tickets left for Place’s annual deep dive into the region’s shed market; featuring analysis of the trends shaping the sector, an exploration of the 17m sq ft Atom Valley, and a discussion on the growing demand for data centres.

Contractor Morris & Spottiswood has begun building the facility off Market Street, a short distance from the outdated station it will replace.

The former Re:volve director has moved to the investor currently redeveloping Sunlight House in Manchester and Martins Bank Building in Liverpool. 

Russell LDP and Harworth Group have submitted what is understood to be one of the largest single planning applications ever seen in the North, seeking permission from Bury and Rochdale councils for the nationally significant Northern Gateway.

The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority has given Cobalt Housing a £1.6m grant to pave the way for the regeneration of the Stonedale Estate.

Housing association Places for People has bought the Fleetwood Road North site, where an outline consent for 130 homes will be taken forward.

Spanning more than 50 acres, Thelwell Heys would feature 102 affordable properties in Grappenhall.

Thomas Armstrong, which has consent for 90 homes at Harras Moor, Whitehaven, wants to remove a planning condition stating that nine of the dwellings approved should be affordable.