Keepmoat subsidiary lodges Stretford housing plans

After 27 years in Preston Brook, the architecture practice is moving its Cheshire studio to Vanguard House at the Halton science and innovation campus.

Proposals for community pitches close to Bloomfield Road stadium have been lodged, as the council looks to put Town Deal funding to work.

Plans have been put forward to reclad the 1960s Circle Court and add resident amenities including a gym and coworking facilities.

Charlie Norman, chief executive of MSV, has taken over from Ian Munro, who spent nine years leading the Kendal-based housing association’s board.

The digital insurance provider has opened an 11,000 sq ft office, twice the size of its previous space at The Royals.

Preston City Council’s planning committee has been recommended to grant permission for TSS Property’s £40m plans to build a 30-storey tower with 218 apartments when it meets on 28 April.

A professional team representing Blackpool Council has lodged plans for 99 homes close to Carleton Crematorium, a site under the jurisdiction of Wyre Council.

The main contractor is aiming for a 2028 completion for a larger, modern replacement for The Mosslands School in Wallasey.

Brunch, boats, and Burnley.

It has been more than three years since the Manchester office project secured planning permission. Now, developer Federated Hermes MEPC has appointed CBRE and JLL joint letting agents as it appears to be bringing the project forward at last.

A loan from Puma Property Finance means that work can start on constructing a 70-bed senior living facility and 14 three-bed townhouses on land off Morley Drive.

Rossendale councillors have voted to grant permission to the Levelling Up Fund project, which will see a 6,500 sq ft canopy introduced, stalls refurbished, and a 1,600 sq ft café added to the Temple Court outdoor marketplace.

A five-storey apartment block next to Barons Quay has been put forward by the developer and now awaits sign-off from Cheshire West and Chester Council.

National Museums Liverpool will appoint a contractor to lead the overhaul of the Hartley Pavilion and Dr Martin Luther King Jr Building, providing upgraded settings for the Maritime Museum and International Slavery Museum.

After a 2.5-year planning wait, O’Flynn Group’s student accommodation specialist has appointed GMI Construction and building has begun, aiming to complete for the 2027/28 academic year.

Put up for sale in August with a guide price of just under £4m, the 60-bedroom Patterdale Hotel has been snapped up.

Plans for 37 homes on part of the Demmings Road industrial estate will proceed to Stockport’s main planning committee after receiving a thumbs-up at area level.

Once intended as a new home for Birkenhead Market, Wirral Council has now decided that part of the cleared Grange Road plot will be used to support ongoing regeneration projects.

The two local authorities are creating separate lists of vetted contractors to assist with structural repairs, drainage works, and carriageway maintenance.