Taylor Wimpey seeks views on 450 Mollington scheme

Secretary of State Angela Rayner acknowledged recently that there was only a “slim chance” of the Government overseeing the completion of 1.5 million homes within the current parliamentary term, writes Sam Stafford.

Mayor Steve Rotheram will address delegates on his regeneration priorities at this dedicated half-day conference on the sub-region’s prospects.

The council said it is “deeply disappointed” that a project to alleviate congestion around Crewe has been removed from the government’s Major Road Network programme.

Hollins Murray Group has let the former Rodgers Wholesale Foods unit off Horsfield Way to the delivery outfit.

Phone dramas, drone panics, and plucky petitioners.

MCR Property Group has bought 668 PBSA units across two schemes in the Lancashire city as it seeks to rapidly expand its portfolio.

Subject to cabinet adopting a development framework for the urban extension, majority landowner Homes England will seek to appoint a private sector partner as master developer but construction will not commence until 2029 “at the earliest”. 

Winter 2027 is the target completion date for the project, which will see parts of the All Saints Library converted into a 30,000 sq ft building with IT labs, a student centre, and flexible teaching space with a new façade.

Proposals have been tabled for hundreds of homes on 22 acres of grazing land off Crewe Road in Shavington.

Construction is well underway on the Alexandra Dock warehouse, which is part of a wider Peel Ports initiative to grow the company’s fertiliser storage capacity by more than a million sq ft.

Cabinet and full council have now approved the draft document, meaning it can move to the statutory eight-week consultation stage.

The third-party operator of single-family rental homes has strengthened its hand with the appointment of governance specialist Phil Gilbert as group risk and compliance lead.

An 80-bed care home and 22 bungalows will sit alongside revamped facilities at Priory Park as the sports organisation looks to secure its long-term future.

River Properties is seeking outline permission from Fylde Council for a residential-led mixed-use scheme featuring a supermarket on a site previously owned by the controversial ex-owners of Blackpool FC.

After 25 years, Alan Bevan has sold his Liverpool letting business to Lomond, which continues to gobble up regional property agencies at a rate of knots.

A combined 370 acres in Alsager and Crewe are earmarked for 1,100 and 1,700 properties respectively.

Floodlit football and tennis will be enabled by the project, which will also see a cricket pavilion and padel building introduced to the Lancashire facility.

Making good on promises made in June, deputy minister for transport Mark Hooper has told the Senedd that development work for a new bridge linking Anglesey to Gwynedd would recommence immediately.

As part of the multi-million-pound deal, the developer and investor has acquired 16 North West car parks, which will continue to operate under the NCP brand.