Resurrection tipped for 190+ Cumbrian homes

Northop Hall’s Plas Ifan Hotel, which has been vacant for 10 years, will be demolished to make way for the senior living facility being developed by Bod Hotels.

Unveilings, non-retirements, and flash pads.

The Planning Inspectorate sided with the strategic land company, arguing that the council was wrong to refuse the outline plans for 160 houses, 70-bed care facility, and a 30-acre countryside park in Sandbach.

Main contractor Morgan Sindall Construction has wrapped work on the 19,600 sq ft Town Deal project, which will provide workspace for start-ups and small companies specialising in digital technology and the digitisation of advanced manufacturing.

Plans for up to 300 homes off Chester Road on the edge of Heswall are being drawn up by the volume housebuilder.

The housebuilders own roughly 50% of the Chester Road site each and are planning to build 222 homes between them.

Growing the multi-disciplinary consultancy’s Manchester presence, Ruth Jackson has been appointed as a director of planning, while Marc Zablotny and Tillie Baker have become associates at Iceni Projects.

Place Capital Group chief executive David Smith-Milne joins a robust line-up of speakers, including Manchester City Council’s Becca Heron, McLaren Regeneration’s Tom Gilman, and Igloo’s Joe Broadley, at Place North’s City Living Summit on 30 April.

Leaving the public sector behind for now, former Warrington Council interim chief executive Steve Park has decided to return to private sector consulting on a part-time basis.

Manchester City Council’s planning committee took little time to wave through plans to relocate Moston Superstore to enable the district’s regeneration, also greenlighting the replacement of two Tib Street buildings.

Proposals from Bankfoot APAM on behalf of the Greater Manchester Pension Fund for 102 flats on land between the Tameside town’s train and bus stations have received no objections.

Closed in 1994, the railway facility is among a suite of pipeline transport projects for which sign-off will be requested next week.

Set to accept tenders this summer, the national framework will include region-specific lots for development agreement, joint venture, and strategic partnership work.

The discount toiletries and cosmetics retailer is to open six stores across the country, including one in Lancashire, after collapsing into administration last October.

Josh Hancock has made the move after 13 years with his previous employer.

The Bulkeley Hotel in Beaumaris has been bought by hospitality veterans Yvonne Jackson and Shon Morgans, having been offered to the market at £3.5m.

Zoe Watters has joined Deloitte as a partner in its real estate and infrastructure team based in Salford.

Plans have been submitted for the first 1.6m sq ft of workspace at MIX Manchester, the 60-acre industrial and advanced manufacturing campus.

Three towers filled with one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments are envisaged for the 2.2-acre site, currently occupied by McDonald’s, KFC, and Grosvenor Casino and situated by the River Irwell.