Blackburn to shuffle the deck at Darwen Chapels

Having previously aimed for 1,100 homes on a 130-acre Green Belt site in Weaverham, the developer has reduced the number of properties planned by 200 and launched a second round of consultation.

Stockport Council has validated the housebuilder’s plans to deliver a range of two-to-four bed houses on close to 30 acres off Windlehurst Road.

Springfield Gardens, a Liverpool development on land previously owned by the children’s hospital has been reworked following the removal the retirement living element.

Stars, barriers, and rules.

Aimed at providing strategic advice on development funding to investors, developers, and the public sector, the firm is headed up by ex-L&G director Wes Erlam and former Peel man Iain Taylor.

Westchurch Homes has secured the go-ahead from the council’s planning committee to build a mixture of semi-detached and terraced houses, bungalows, and flats on 5.7 acres off Stricklands Lane in the village of Stalmine.

Merseyside Police will acquire Lincoln House and part of the adjoining Birchley Street Car Park, enabling the building of a 35,000 sq ft town centre policing base to replace the nearby College Street facility.

The grade two-listed Carnegie-funded asset on Wellington Road will be the new home for the council’s music service.

The city council has given no less than eight reasons for refusing Brack Construction’s plans for six apartment blocks on the site of a former school.

Consumer Rights Solicitors has leased an entire floor at the grade two-listed office blocks from asset manager XLB Property.

The Crescent Partnership – made up of ECF and the city’s council and university – has secured approval to revamp Faraday House into a hub for uni staff.

In her first major address to the property industry as Greater Manchester Mayor, Bev Craig said she would “double down” on partnerships with the private sector to deliver economic growth for the city region.

Having failed to get its proposed 14,000-home Cheshire scheme onto the government’s shortlist of new settlements, the developer is working up plans to bring forward the first chunk of that masterplan.

An area committee is expected to recommend approval for the 160-home proposal, one of three developments advancing in the Jacksons Lane area of Hazel Grove.

Flintshire County Council will have to defend its decision to reject the application, which had been denied last year against officer recommendation and after nearly two hours of debate.

A request from the controversial pipeline scheme’s promoters to carry out surveys will be discussed at a council committee next week.

Oaklands Hospital off Lancaster Road has a WAULT of 11 years and is due to be scooped up by an unnamed buyer, alongside a similar building in Truro.

Not so lucky: Cygnet Healthcare’s proposals to expand its existing mental health facility by the Shrine of our Land of Lourdes.

Less than four years after signing an 11.5-year lease at CERT’s Duke & Parr, the Sony-owned firm is looking to sub-let the whole building.