Regional cities on course for highest investment volumes in four years

Is Liverpool on the cusp of a regeneration wave or about to see its grand plans fall flat? There was plenty of optimism in a packed room at Place North West’s exploration of the city region’s development landscape, but there was also sense of nervousness about whether its pipeline of exciting projects can become reality.

The 24,000 sq ft scheme on Oak Street, south of the town centre, forms part of charity OnSide’s national network of facilities.

The Planning Inspectorate has overturned the city council’s refusal of the developer’s outline application to build up to 200 homes on 28 acres of Green Belt in Bolton-le-Sands.

GRAHAM is on track to wrap up the infrastructure element of Peel Waters’ 2,350-home neighbourhood in 2028.

Within the last decade, flood risk assessments and drainage strategies have often been viewed as little more than planning requirements, something to tick off once a site layout has already been established writes Jake Busby of Curtins

Buildings rising to 43 and 33 storeys and offering a luxury hotel and premium apartments could be constructed within the rising St Mary’s Parsonage regeneration area, under proposals being worked up by Gary Neville’s development company. 

Crossley Court, short-term accommodation off Pollard Street run by the Salvation Army, is to be purchased by the city council.

A hat-trick of proposals featuring a combined 3,600 homes across nine buildings will be stress tested by the city council’s planning committee next week.

A rallying cry has been made to other local authorities to join Bolton Council in a potential battle against the central government’s policy, which will see public officers become the default decision-makers for most planning applications.

The peninsula’s Green Belt is coming under increasing pressure amid a widening gap between the supply of and demand for homes across the borough.

The local authority is hoping to utilise High Street Rental Auctions to improve the vitality of Barrow, Kendal, Penrith, and Ulverston.

The strategic property consultancy has continued its aggressive growth strategy, with the Manchester-based architect as its latest purchase.

Bolton Council wants to install street food markets, a big screen, and an urban garden on the site of the former shopping centre once it has been demolished.

Future Works Infrastructure’s Trans-Pennine Connect has received £500,000 from the UK Dynamism Fund – money that will go towards feasibility studies for the 14-mile dual-carriageway.

The off-site construction specialist entered administration in August due to a combination of factors, including the cost of relocating its HQ to Oldham, the impact of Covid on revenues, and planning delays.

The hardware and DIY retailer’s 137,000 sq ft Kay Street store is to be carved up, allowing Aldi to relocate to the site.

The local developer-contractor is working towards a start on site for a £54m project off New Bird Street.

Blend Family, which is behind the Cutlery Works dining destination in Sheffield and Kargo at Salford Quays, plans to open its first Manchester site within the vacant restaurant and nightclub.

The estate has resubmitted one of the eight Green Belt applications refused by Wirral Council in 2022, citing the peninsula’s lack of available sites for housing and a more favourable policy landscape as factors working in its favour.