Think tank calls for mayors to be handed control of Network Rail land to deliver 1.2m homes

The sector specialist wants to deliver a 66-bed care home off Ridge Avenue, on the north-eastern edge of the Lancashire town.

The cybersecurity specialist has signed for the 4,500 sq ft fifth floor at the grade two-listed Manchester office building.

The council has worked up a brief to advise developers on how it wants to see five acres in the town centre transformed, a scheme described by the authority as a short-term priority project.

The 22 acres around Newbridge Lane will be the anchor of the borough’s 4,000-home Town Centre East masterplan, with the council aiming to create a family-friendly neighbourhood with biodiversity and flood resilience as a focus.

A hurdle standing in the way of Morris Homes and CEG’s proposed redevelopment of 52 acres in Cottam could be overcome this week, after the city council’s planning team accepted the developers’ argument that affordable homes within a neighbouring scheme should count towards their total.

With a £1.3bn redevelopment primed to start at Leighton Hospital, the latest large-scale residential application in the area has been set in motion, with 236 acres mapped out by the land promoter.

One of seven projects from the city’s £19.7bn Towns Fund award, the library’s refresh has created classrooms for adult digital literacy courses and skills development workshops, a dedicated children’s library, and study spaces.

Landowner Arkangel Towers has applied to Manchester City Council for planning permission to build a two-storey facility capable of hosting a range of events including weddings.

Bank of Ireland has provided loan facilities to the company for Acer and Fernley, two co-living towers within the developer’s £400m Square Gardens development that provide 1,862 units.

In today’s era of global political uncertainty, the defence industry has a more important role to play than ever. It already contributes £2.2bn to the North West economy and supports more than 20,000 jobs – numbers that could grow if the region plays its cards right.

Once complete, the University of Manchester’s £530m new-look Owens Park campus in Fallowfield is to be maintained and managed by PfP Students.

Sofa sales, transport tension, and PMQs.

Both items on the city council’s planning docket yesterday – a school in Crumpsall and a 1,500-capacity church in Blackley – were given the go-ahead to proceed. 

The 10,000 sq ft facility would sit beneath the car park serving the controversial Brick Veil Mosque scheme in Broughton.

The city council has formally approved plans for the transformation of the site of the former Grafton Rooms nightclub off West Derby Road into flats 18 months after the scheme was given the nod at committee.

Step-free access at railway stations is the main target of a £100m Transport for Greater Manchester programme that will see a further seven locations upgraded in the next two years.

Worthington Owen has been appointed to seek a combined £3.25m for Premier Court and Venture Place.

Rejected last November on six grounds, the partners want to deliver 52 homes once a property off Fleet Lane is demolished.

The contractor will deliver the 171-space multi-storey facility on Waterloo Road.